Notes sur l'écologie de quelques taxons du zooplancton de Côte d'Ivoire. 1 - Ostracodes, Cladocères et Cirripèdes

Binet, D. (1975) Notes sur l'écologie de quelques taxons du zooplancton de Côte d'Ivoire. 1 - Ostracodes, Cladocères et Cirripèdes. Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan, 6(2), pp. 19-39.

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Abstract

Seasonal variations of abundance and vertical distribution over the shelf are investigated for Ostracoda, Cladocera and Cirripede larvae. The main characteristics of the environment are the periodical enrichments mainly caused by upwellings, secondly by the river floods. Ostracoda abundance variations approximately follow phytoplankton outburst. Breeding occurs all over the year. Their vertical distribution is correlated with a discontinuity layer. Diurnal migration, when it occurs in warm season consists in an upward movement during the night towards surface layers. The Ostracoda inhabit bottom layers during the day and migrate at night in intermediate and surface layers. For the main two species of Cladocera, Penilia avirostris and Evadne tergestina, abundance periods follow upwellings, especially during the main cool season. However, Cladocera can grow in low salinity but rich waters. On average Penilia inhabits more superficial waters in cold than in warm seasons. Cirripede nauplii and cypris are more abundant off rocky coasts. Their maxima are in the upwelling periods.

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