Distribution of meiobenthic copepods from various habitats in Pauatahanui Inlet, New Zealand. Technical Report
- Author
- Iwasaki, N.
- Year
- 1993
- Journal / Source
- New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 4
- Pages
- 399-405
- Keywords
- Pauatahanui inlet, copepods, meiobenthos, estuaries, environmental surveys, benthic, soft substrate, estuarine, intertidal
- Summary
- The composition of meiobenthic copepod assemblages at two locations in Pauatahanui Inlet was determined for different substrata. In Ration Creek the density of copepods tended to increase from the creekside (which is covered with sea rush), to the bare mud of the creek bed. Brianola sp., though abundant, was restricted to the creek bed. On Mana Bank, which is an intertidal fine silty sand bank partially covered with eelgrass, Zostera capricorni, and the green alga Enteromorpha spp., there was little resemblance between the copepod assemblages at seven sites. The sediments of Mana Bank can apparently support a variety of copepod assemblages as a result of the increased spatial heterogeneity caused by vegetation and tidal exposure. (auth) .