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Estimationin situd'une population d'Oikopleura longicauda(Appendicularia)

✍ Scribed by R. Fenaux; I. Palazzoli


Book ID
104755839
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
331 KB
Volume
55
Category
Article
ISSN
0025-3162

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✦ Synopsis


In situ Estimation of a Population of Oikopleura longicauda (Appendicularia) by Means of Two Nets of Different Mesh Size

A population of Oikopleura longicauda was sampled daily for 10 days, a period longer than their life cycle, using two nets of different mesh size (53 and 200 Lun) . Analysis of variance revealed that the number of specimens collected by the two nets was not significantly different for individuals larger than 300 ~/n in trunk length. A grand mean regression plotted for log of length versus log of number of specimens indicated that the number of small-sized o. longicauda (<300 ~um), which are not quantitatively sampled by nets, can be estimated from the collections by use of a coefficient of correction.