Table 3.18.
Numerical abundance of main taxonomic groups of zooplankton collected by day and by night on a cross section through the
fringing reef of Chuong Island (Gulf of Siam) (Data
by the author)
Time
Station a
Number of zooplankton (m- 3
)
Copepoda
Ostracoda
Mysidae
Zoea
Polychaetes
Chaetognatha
Total
zooplankton
By day
I
190
0
20
0
0
0
210
1600h
2
80
0
10
0
0
0
90
3
120
0
10
0
0
0
130
4
850
0
0
0
20
10
880
At night
1
1700
510
750
20
30
20
3030
2200h
2
1360
150
960
50
5
120
5675
3
3100
0
160
20
50
60
3390
4
4200
0
70
50
80
120
4520
a
Position of stations: 1 - reef flat; 2 - reef edge; 3 - reef slope; 4 - 200 m off reef to the sea,
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