Spring and Summer Zooplankton Community near Tongyeong and Namhaedo in the South Sea of Korea

Zooplankton diversity monitoring strategy for the urban coastal region using metabarcoding analysis

“…3 and S4). In previous studies, copepods were most dominant in the zooplankton communities in the coastal regions, followed by branchiopods or Cirripedia larvae, depending on the season or environment 24 , 25 , 31 .…”

“…However, because it is difficult to classify Cirripedia larvae down to the species level, no seasonal changes in the distribution of the other two Cirripedia species have been reported. According to a previous study, Cirripedia larvae are relatively abundant in summer and autumn than in other seasons 31 . Finally, S. doederleini is mainly distributed in the Caribbean 28 , 44 , and no record was found in Korea.…”

“…Note that species names are followed by WoRMS ( http://www.marinespecies.org ). On the southern coast of Korea, P. leuckartii is most abundant in April and reported to be negatively correlated with water temperature and salinity 31 , 32 . Likewise, in our study, P. leuckartii was most abundant in spring (G1) and not detected in summer (G2) when the water temperature was high (Fig.…”

“…5 ; Table S7 ). E. nordmanni , which is known to appear briefly in the spring when the water temperature is between 10 and 17 °C 31 , 33 , was analyzed as a representative of spring (G1; February to May) in our study (Fig. 5 ; Table S7 ).…”