The composition and spatial distribution of scavenging hyperbenthos in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong

Baited traps with a 5 mm diameter opening were deployed 9 cm off the seabed in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. In contrast to analogous studies from boreal waters, lysianassoids accounted for 0.5% of the total number of trapped hyperbenthos. Species of Tisbe (Copepoda: Tisbidae),...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012-02, Vol.92 (1), p.39-47
Hauptverfasser:	Morton, Brian, Lee, Christine N.W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphipoda Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Baits Biological and medical sciences Ceradocus Copepoda Crustacea Crustaceans Fauna Flow rates Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gammaridea Homarus americanus Invertebrates Lepidepecreum Leptostraca Lysianassoidea Marine Melitidae Neanthes Nebalia Nebaliacea Nereidae Ocean floor Ostracoda Polychaeta Scavengers Sea water ecosystems Shellfish Spatial distribution Synecology Tisbe Tisbidae
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Zusammenfassung:	Baited traps with a 5 mm diameter opening were deployed 9 cm off the seabed in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. In contrast to analogous studies from boreal waters, lysianassoids accounted for 0.5% of the total number of trapped hyperbenthos. Species of Tisbe (Copepoda: Tisbidae), Ceradocus (Gammaridea: Melitidae), Nebalia (Leptostraca: Nebaliacea), unidentified benthic ostracods, Neanthes cricognatha (Polychaeta: Nereidae) and a species of Lepidepecreum (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) were caught in a decreasing order of numerical importance. A spatial segregation of trapped fauna was identified between the reserve's shallow Lobster Bay (
ISSN:	0025-3154 1469-7769
DOI:	10.1017/S0025315411000543