Short review on zooplankton in the Dutch Wadden Sea : considerations for zooplankton monitoring

The KB 36 project on Zooplankton in the Wadden Sea aims to elaborate and set up an operational monitoring of zooplankton in the Wadden Sea. This report provides background information on the ecology of zooplankton in general and knowledge on zooplankton in the Wadden Sea, to identify issues to take into account when setting up monitoring of zooplankton. Although the zooplankton includes many sizes of organisms, the focus is on mesozooplankton (0.2-20 mm). It consists mainly of the abundant copepod crustaceans and larvae of zoobenthic species, and forms a link between the primary production (ph... Mehr ...