{"title":"DISTRIBUTION OF MYSIDS ON BANK SLOPES IN THE GULF OF RIGA","authors":"I. Kotta, J. Kotta","doi":"10.3176/biol.ecol.2001.1.02","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The abundance and biomass distribution of mysids were estimated on two bank slopes of the Gulf of Riga in 1977-80. The distribution of mysids was aggregated and related to the temperature conditions. Higher densities of mysids coincided with the areas where the thermocline boundaries touched the sea floor. In these biotopes with strong temperature gradients mysids were often observed outside of their natural temperature preferences. Mysis relicta was recorded above the thermocline at 10 oC and Neomysis integer below the thermocline at 2 oC.","PeriodicalId":250336,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology. Ecology","volume":"4 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Biology. Ecology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3176/biol.ecol.2001.1.02","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The abundance and biomass distribution of mysids were estimated on two bank slopes of the Gulf of Riga in 1977-80. The distribution of mysids was aggregated and related to the temperature conditions. Higher densities of mysids coincided with the areas where the thermocline boundaries touched the sea floor. In these biotopes with strong temperature gradients mysids were often observed outside of their natural temperature preferences. Mysis relicta was recorded above the thermocline at 10 oC and Neomysis integer below the thermocline at 2 oC.