Community Structure and Microhabitat Preferences of Harpacticoid Copepods in a Tropical Reef Lagoon (Zanzibar Island, Tanzania)

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dc.contributor.authorGheerardyn, Hendrik
dc.contributor.authorDe Troch, Marleen
dc.contributor.authorNdaro, Simon G. M.
dc.contributor.authorRaes, Maarten
dc.contributor.authorVincx, Magda
dc.contributor.authorVanreusel, Ann
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-18T15:10:02Z
dc.date.available2016-05-18T15:10:02Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThree microhabitat types (dead coral fragments, coral gravel and coral sand) were distinguished and sampled at two locations (Matemwe and Makunduchi) in a tropical lagoon (Zanzibar Island, Tanzania), and the community structure, habitat preferences and biodiversity of the associated harpacticoid copepod fauna was investigated. The harpacticoid fauna is affected by sediment granulometry and by the structural differences between coral and both gravel and sediment. The coral fragments contained a specific assemblage composed of typical ‘phytal’ taxa (Tisbe, Paradactylopodia and Dactylopusia) along with other eurytopic and sediment-dwelling forms (Ameira, Ectinosoma and Amphiascus), which may be attracted by the sediment retained between the coral branches. The assemblages of coral gravel and upper sediment layer did not differ signifi- cantly from each other and had mostly the same dominant genera. The sediment from Matemwe was dominated by the interstitial Paramesochridae and the sediment from Makunduchi by Tetragonicipitidae. The coral fragments from Makunduchi sustained a more diverse assemblage than gravel and the different sediment layers. It was assumed that coral form and complexity, with implications for habitable space, nutritional resources and level of predation, are important in structuring diversity of the associated assemblage.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGheerardyn, H., De Troch, M., Ndaro, S.G.M., Raes, M., Vincx, M. and Vanreusel, A., 2008. Community structure and microhabitat preferences of harpacticoid copepods in a tropical reef lagoon (Zanzibar Island, Tanzania). Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88(4), p.747.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0025315408001331
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2148
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDead coral substratesen_US
dc.subjectHarpacticoid copepodsen_US
dc.subjectCompositionen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectMicrohabitatsen_US
dc.subjectIndian Oceanen_US
dc.titleCommunity Structure and Microhabitat Preferences of Harpacticoid Copepods in a Tropical Reef Lagoon (Zanzibar Island, Tanzania)en_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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