The effects of food scarcity may nevertheless have different implications for the larvae of different species (Freeman, 1990; Mikami et al., 1995), whether at the beginning or toward the end of their
meroplanktonic development (Calado et al., 2010).
Modelling the effect of temperature on hatching and settlement patterns of
meroplanktonic organisms: the case of the octopus.
Meroplanktonic larvae were the major component representing 39.4% of the total zooplankton abundance.
microcrustaceans, appendicularians, chaetognats),
meroplanktonic (e.g.
The abundance of the
meroplanktonic diatom Aulacoseira granulata in the diet of several taxa is in accordance with Bovo-Scomparin and Train (2008) who stated that this is an abundant species in the phytoplankton of lakes associated with Ivinhema River.
Meroplanktonic distribution and circulation in a coastal retention zone of the northern California upwelling system.
The planktonic taxa designations include euplanktonic, tychoplanktonic, and
meroplanktonic taxa.
Seasonal variations in the phytoplankton community, particularly in
meroplanktonic dinoflagellates and physico-chemical characteristics of the water column during the sediment collection period were described by Morquecho and Lechuga-Deveze (2004).
Slackening of the current will allow
meroplanktonic species to penetrate nearer to the coast, increasing species competition or leading to the dispersal and possible loss of coastal species.
Meroplanktonic larvae become entrained in these offshore-moving surface currents and accumulate at fronts where this upwelled water meets the offshore, southward-flowing water of the California Current (Roughgarden et al.
Obvious changes in habitat, such as amphibian metamorphosis or
meroplanktonic larval settlement, certainly will cause ontogenetic diet changes that probably will alter an animal's [[Delta].sup.13]C.