In total, 61 holoplankton taxa belonging to 7 categories: Protozoa, Cnidaria, Rotifera, Crustacea (Copepoda, Cladocera, Ostracoda, Amphipoda and Mysidacea), Chaetognatha, Mollusca, Larvacea, and 8 different types of
meroplankton were also recorded (Table IV).
They may be either whole life cycle in the water column (holoplankton) or be temporarily in this site (
meroplankton), when the larvae is planktonic but the adult individual is nektonic or benthic [2, 3].
Morales-Ramirez & Murillo (1996) suggested that this degradation also affects the
meroplankton, presumably reducing the spawning events, feeding or swimming behavior of larvae.
Near the Baker River mouth, net flux estimates showed that small
meroplankton, such as barnacle nauplii are advected landward (Meerhoff et al., 2015), indicating that suitable prey for small hake larvae is more abundant inside fjords and channels than over the shelf.
Climate-induced effects on the
meroplankton and the benthic-pelagic ecology of the North Sea.
A ten-year study of
meroplankton in North Carolina estuaries: Annual occurrence of some brachyuran developmental stages.
Multicellular eukaryotes begin colonizing the surface within several weeks and include settlement of
meroplankton larvae and algal spores.
Studies on the
meroplankton in the inner Oslofjord.
Rotifers, cladocerans, and
meroplankton (pelagic juveniles of demersal species) were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level.
Although the main role of cercariae of these parasites, which are components of zooplankton (
meroplankton), being to find and infect the target host; secondarily, they play an important role in the trophic web of aquatic environments.
Seasonal and food web relationships of marine organisms in the nearshore zone of Kodiak Island - including ichthyoplankton,
meroplankton (shellfish), zooplankton, and fish.