Planktonic protozoan population in the Southeastern Mediterranean off Egypt

Zakaria, Howaida Y.; Hassan, Abdel-Kader M.; El‐Naggar, Hussein A.; Abo-Senna, Fekry M.

doi:10.1016/j.ejar.2018.06.007

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“…Heneash et al (2015) recorded 29 species of which 14 species are collected during the present study [19]. Moreover, a total of 87 species were recorded by Zakaria et al (2018) [28], of which 32 are found in the Red Sea. Modigh et al (2003) recorded 85 species [24] of which 25 are found in the present study( 34 species in the Mediterranean Sea of which 15 are found in the current study,21 species in the Red Sea of which 13 are found in our study, 22 species in the Arabian Sea of which 11are found in the present study,13 species in the Tasman Sea of which 5 are found in the present study and 58 species in the Indian Ocean of which 22 are found in the present study) A total of 55 species were found to be common in the Arabian Sea (Al-Yamani et al,2011 [6] )and the Red Sea (Table 2).…”

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An updated checklist of tintinnids (Order: Choreotrichida)in the north western coast of the Red Sea at Hurghada

Abdelrahman

Madkour

Hassan

et al. 2021

Alfarama Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences

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The present study aims to provide an updated check list of tintinnid species in the north western Red Sea of Egypt. Plankton samples were taken monthly from 12 stations of Hurghada coast of the Egyptian Red Sea during the period from August 2014 to July 2015. Plankton nets of 20 µm mesh size were used in collecting samples, then samples fixed on board in 4% buffered formalin. A total of 149 species of tintinnids belonging to 12 families and 36 genera of the order Choreotrichida were identified based on the morphological features. Families Codonellidae, Tintinnidae, and Codonellopsidae had the higher number of species (40, 28 and 20 species, respectively), constituting collectively around 60% of the total number of recorded species. The highest number of genera was represented in Family Tintinnidae (8), while the highest number of species was representedin Genus Tintinnopsis (34).Further studies are needed to explore the species composition of this important group of zooplankton that helps to understand dynamics of zooplankton community and the food chain in the marine environment.

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An updated checklist of tintinnids (Order: Choreotrichida)in the north western coast of the Red Sea at Hurghada

Abdelrahman

Madkour

Hassan

et al. 2021

Alfarama Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences

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“…The shallow hard bottom and intertidal soft-bottom of the Polychaetes assemblages along the coast of Alexandria,, in the south-eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea (Levantine Sea), were examined to detect the annual cycle of Polychaetes assemblages and analyze the spatial-temporal patterns of variation in assemblages and the relevant factors related to Polychaetes distribution (Dorgham et al, 2014;Zakaria et al, 2016Zakaria et al, , 2018.…”

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Reef-building Ficopomatus enigmaticus and associated Polychaetes on artificial concrete blocks along Mediterranean seaside, Egypt

Salama¹

2021

Egypt. J. of Aquatic Biolo. and Fish.

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“…The distribution of zooplankton species may be determined seasonally, spatially or geographically by one or more of a number of limiting factors (Goldman and Heron, 1983). The zooplankton distribution in Lake Timsah has received little attentions in the past decade in regards to its importance as a rout in zooplankton migration between Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea (Zakaria et al, 2016(Zakaria et al, , 2018a.…”

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Zooplankton groups in Lake Timsah, Suez Canal, Egypt

El-Damhougy¹,

El‐Naggar²,

Aly-Eldeen³

et al. 2019

Egypt. J. of Aquatic Biolo. and Fish.

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To shed some light on distribution, abundance and diversity of zooplankton groups in Lake Timsah, four cruises (spring 2015, summer 2015, autumn 2015, and winter 2016) were carried out. In the present result, Lake Timsah zooplankton were comprised 13 groups of the animal kingdom include, Copepoda (with relative abundance of 39.44%); Rotifera (32.72%); Mollusca (15.15%); Tintinnida (4.55%); Polychaeta (3.43%); Cirripedia (1.62%); Decapoda (1.24%); Cladocera (0.94%); Ostracoda (0.57%); Appendicularia (0.19%); Fish egg (0.06%); Foramenifera (0.04%) and Cnidaria (0.04%). Copepoda was found to be the most diversified group during the study period, it represented by 62 species comprised 44.93% of the total recorded species, followed by Rotifera (33 species, 23.91%), Tintinnida (18 species, 13.04%), Cladocera (10 species, 7.25%), Ostracoda (5 species, 3.62%), Mollusca (4 species, 2.90%), Appendicularia (3 species, 2.17%), Cnidaria (2 species, 1.45%) and only one species of Foramenifera represented 0.72% of the total recorded zooplankton species. Seasonally, zooplankton was flourished in summer, while winter is the lowest abundant season. Spatially, because of the difference of water masses entering the lake, each group is dominant in a certain region. Copepods are common in sites that near of Suez Canal due to the presence of saline water masses. While, rotifers and other freshwater zooplanktons are dominant in sites that near freshwater masses, such as western lagoon.

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Planktonic protozoan population in the Southeastern Mediterranean off Egypt

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

An updated checklist of tintinnids (Order: Choreotrichida)in the north western coast of the Red Sea at Hurghada

An updated checklist of tintinnids (Order: Choreotrichida)in the north western coast of the Red Sea at Hurghada

Reef-building Ficopomatus enigmaticus and associated Polychaetes on artificial concrete blocks along Mediterranean seaside, Egypt

Zooplankton groups in Lake Timsah, Suez Canal, Egypt

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