Seasonal variation in abundance, diel vertical migration and body size of pelagic tunicate Salpa fusiformis in the Southern Yellow Sea

Yongqin Liu; Song Sun; Guangtao Zhang

doi:10.1007/s00343-012-1048-4

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Seasonal variation in abundance, diel vertical migration and body size of pelagic tunicate Salpa fusiformis in the Southern Yellow Sea

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- Seasonal variation in abundance, diel vertical migration and body size of pelagic tunicate Salpa fusiformis in the Southern Yellow Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 30, Issue 1, Pages: 92-104(2012)
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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-012-1048-4
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- Online First：15 November 2012，
  
  Published：2012
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Liu, Y., Sun, S. & Zhang, G. Seasonal variation in abundance, diel vertical migration and body size of pelagic tunicate Salpa fusiformis in the Southern Yellow Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 92–104 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1048-4
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Liu, Y., Sun, S. & Zhang, G. Seasonal variation in abundance, diel vertical migration and body size of pelagic tunicate Salpa fusiformis in the Southern Yellow Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 92–104 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1048-4 DOI：

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Mass occurrence of Salpa fusiformis was observed in the Southern Yellow Sea in May and June 2007. In order to investigate its population recruitment and environmental adaptation

temporal variation of abundance

diel vertical migration (DVM) and length frequency distribution of both aggregate and solitary forms were studied with samples collected from eight months during September 2006 to August 2007. S. fusiformis presented in six months other than September and October 2006

and average abundance of aggregate and solitary forms peaked in June and May

respectively. In December

aggregate forms were absent in the bottom layer and performed irregular DVM from surface to 50 m depth

while solitary forms was too scarce to perform diel vertical distribution analysis. Both aggregate and solitary forms presented reverse DVM in May and June. They migrated upwards during daytime and concentrated in surface layer at sunset. The bimodal distribution of aggregate forms was found in April and the average size was largest in this month. In other months

the smaller aggregate forms (1–5 mm) dominated in populations except for May

when the modal size ranged from 2 to 8 mm. The average size of solitary forms was largest in December

followed by April. The skewed nomal distribution of solitary forms was found in May and June

with the modal size of 2–7 mm and 5–13 mm

respectively.

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