Volume 167-168, Number 1, 319-324, DOI: 10.1007/BF00026320

Planktonic copepods of the Bras d'Or Lakes system, Nova Scotia, Canada

Chang-tai Shih, Len Marhue, Nicole Barrett and Robin Munro

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Abstract

Fifteen species of planktonic copepods are recorded from Bras d'Or Lakes, Nova Scotia, Canada. Pseudocalanus minutus, Oithona similis, Temora longiremis, and Tortanus discaudatus are the dominant species. The distribution of planktonic copepods in Bras d'Or Lakes as well as in the adjacent Gulf of St. Lawrence is discussed.

Key words  zooplankton - copepoda - distribution - N. Atlantic - Canada

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