Biomass and production estimates for an estuarine meiobenthic copepod, with an instantaneous assessment of exploitation by flatfish predators. Technical Report
- Author
- Hicks, G.R.F.
- Year
- 1985
- Journal / Source
- New Zealand Journal of Ecology
- Volume
- 8
- Pages
- 125-127
- Keywords
- Biomass, production, harpacticoid copepod, estuarine, Mana Bank, Pauatahanui Inlet, flatfish, intertidal, fish
- Summary
- This note, which complements an earlier report (Hicks, 1984), provides a first assessment of biomass and secondary production of the P. megarostrum population in Pauatahanui Inlet, and evaluates the consequences of predatory removal by flatfish. Fortnightly sampling was undertaken from March 1981 to April 1982 from an intertidal fine sand bank (Mana Bank) in Pauatahanui Inlet, the eastern arm of Porirua Harbour.