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Planktonic copepod community structure in summer, North West Cape, Western Australia

Name: Planktonic copepod community structure in summer, North West Cape, Western Australia
Published: 2026

Australian Institute of Marine Science

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Attribution: Format for citation of metadata sourced from Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in a list of reference is as follows: "Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). (2009). Planktonic copepod community structure in summer, North West Cape, Western Australia. https://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/view/c26b2a2b-c30c-4a1c-a363-9d8448920d8d, accessed[date-of-access]".

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The community composition of pelagic copepods near Australia's North West Cape was studied during the austral summers of 1997/1998 and 1998/1999 from sampling from a set of 8 stations (A-H) along a 36km cross-shelf transect.

Over 120 species of copepods were identified: 60 species of calanoid copepods and 5 harpacticoid copepods.

Families (number of species) found were: Aetideidae (1), Arcartiidae (5), Augaptilidae (2), Calanidae (5), Candaciidae (5), Centropagidae (2), Clausocalanidae (7), Clytemnestridae (1), Coryacaeidae (22), Ectinosomatidae (1), Eucalidae (5), Euchaetidae (2), Euterpinidae (1), Lubbokcidae (1), Lucicutiidae (2), Mecynoceridae (1), Metridinidae (2), Miraciidae (1), Oithonidae (11), Oncaeidae (19), Paracalanidae (15), Pontellidae (5), Pseudodiaptomidae (3), Rhincalanidae (1), Sapphirinidae (2), Scolecitrichidae (2), Temoridae (2), Tisbidae (1), Tortanidae (1).

Data includes the date of sampling; station (4 inshore, A-D; 4 off-shore, E-H); and season - spring (October and November) and summer (December to February).
[What about the 2 stations - NWC097 (Be) and NWC125 (Sl) - sampled when moved out of the way of Cyclone Tiffany?]

Measurements of zooplankton communities abundances and biomass (>73µm plankton) were also taken. Environmental variables were: depth; water temperature and salinity; in situ light levels; density, chlorophyll a; dissolved nutrients (NH4, NO2, NO3, PO4, Si); primary and bacterial production rates.

To assess zooplankton communities near North West Cape.

These data were collected in conjunction with separate datasets on larval fishes and macroplankton, described in separate metadata records.

During the sampling period, Cyclone Tiffany passed through the area (22 January - 02 February 1998) enabling comparison of the pelagic copepod community composition before and after the event.

A subset of the data has been provided to the Ocean Biogeographic Information System: Australian Institute of Marine Science - Summer planktonic communities of North West Cape, Western Australia. (OBIS, http://www.iobis.org/explore/#/dataset/1497).

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned

Statement: Statement: Taxonomy of the genus Paracalanus follows Sewell, RBS (1929) Copepoda of Indian Seas. Mem. Indian Mus., 10: 1-407.

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McKinnon, A David, Dr (Principal Investigator)

Modified: 18 09 2026

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Summer planktonic copepod communities of Australia's North West Cape (Indian Ocean) during the 1997-99 El Nino/La Nina: McKinnon AD, Talbot S, Carleton JH and Bottger-Schnack R (2008) Summer planktonic copepod communities of Australia's North West Cape (Indian Ocean) during the 1997-99 El Nino/La Nina. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 839-855.

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The potential role of microzooplankton in a northwestern Australian pelagic food web: Moritz CM, Montagnes D, Carleton JH, Wilson D and McKinnon AD (2006) The potential role of microzooplankton in a northwestern Australian pelagic food web. Marine Biology Research 2: 1-13.

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Rapid changes in shelf waters and pelagic communities on the southern Northwest Shelf, Australia, following a tropical cyclone: McKinnon AD, Meekan MG, Carleton JH, Furnas MJ, Talbot S and Skirving WJ (2003) Rapid changes in shelf waters and pelagic communities on the southern Northwest Shelf, Australia, following a tropical cyclone. Continental Shelf Research 23: 93-111.

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Australian Institute of Marine Science - Summer planktonic communities of North West Cape, Western Australia.

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