Biological/Chemical Survey of Texoma and Capline Sector Salt Dome Brine Disposal Sites Off Louisiana, 1978-1979. Volume II. Determine Seasonal Abundance, Distribution and Composition of Zooplankton

摘要

Five stations were sampled for zooplankton at each of two sites offshore Louisiana during four collection periods during 1978 and 1979. The purpose of the study was to characterize the sites in terms of the seasonal and spatial zooplankton and ichthyoplankton communities. The two sites were similar in terms of dominant taxa and the density of planktonic organisms. The diversity, richness and evenness indices were higher for the samples collected at the Weeks Island site than for those from the West Hackberry site, indicating the presence of a greater number of species with a more equal distribution of individuals among taxa.