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Observations on the paralarval ecology of a euryhaline squid, Lolliguncula brevis (Cephalopoda; Loliginidae)

Year: 1991

Type: article

Abstract: Cephalopods were examined from more than 3000 zooplankton samples collected over a two-year period from coastal and estuarine waters of southwest Louisiana.In total, 270 cephalopods were taken in 164 of these samples; 267 specimens from 161 samples were LoUiguncula brevis.They were found in coastal waters from April through January, but in estuarine waters only in May, July, and August.Maximum standardized abundance was found in the nearbottom waters of the estuary in May.Overall, paralarval L. brevis were most often collected nearbottom in inshore coastal waters during May-June.This species was not collected in the estuary at salinities below 27 x 10-3 .Although they were found in coastal waters with lower salinities (22 x 10-3 ), abundance was generally greatest in waters with salinities of about 26 x 10-3 • Somewhat surprisingly, paralarval L. brevis were collected

Source: Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

Author: Michael Vecchione

Language: English

Topic: Cephalopods and Marine Biology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy

Award: Yolk Absorption and Incidence of Feeding by Early Juvenile Squids

OpenAlex ID: W2565911455