Invertebrate re-colonisation in Mariager Fjord (Denmark) after severe hypoxia. I. Zooplankton and settlement.

Benni Winding Hansen, Ea Stenalt, Jens Kjerulf Petersen, Christina Ellegaard

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Abstract

A severe hypoxic event was observed in the innermost 20 km of the Danish estuary Mariager Fjord during August 1997 where the entire water column was totally anoxic for two weeks causing extinction of almost all metazoa. A sampling programme was initiated the following spring and summer at three stations in the anoxic part of the estuary. We describe the re-colonisation by zooplankton and in particular meroplankton, and the subsequent potential settlement by bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes and cirripeds. Due to extinction of the benthic community the zooplankton organisms were considered recruited entirely from outside the study area. Two water intrusions from the open water Kattegat were identified based on calculations of mass balance of salt and on phytoplankton composition. Rotifers were the first zooplankters to appear followed by cladocerans and copepods. The meroplanktonic bivalve larvae were followed by polychaete larvae, gastropod larvae and last cirriped nauplii, all with a maximum density of 5X103-10X103 individuals m-2 d-1. Due to hypoxia the inner section of Mariager Fjord is susceptible to defaunation regularly, but the benthic diversity is remedied after a surprisingly short time by recolonisation from adjacent sections of the estuary.
Original languageEnglish
JournalOphelia
Volume56
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)197-213
ISSN0078-5326
Publication statusPublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Kattegat North East Atlantic, North Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
  • Mariager Fjord Denmark, Europe Palearctic region
  • benthic ecology
  • community composition
  • defaunation
  • ecological succession
  • estuaries habitat
  • food limitation
  • hypoxia
  • larval settlement
  • mortality
  • re-colonization
  • species density
  • species diversity
  • water columns
  • Animalia (Animals) - Animalia [33000] zooplankton common meroplankton
  • Animalia (Animals, Invertebrates) - Invertebrata [34000] invertebrate common
  • Annelida Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Annelids, Invertebrates) - Polychaeta [65500] polychaete common larva
  • Aschelminthes Helminthes Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Aschelminths, Helminths, Invertebrates) - Rotifera [51600] rotifer common
  • Crustacea Arthropoda Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Arthropods, Crustaceans, Invertebrates) - Branchiopoda [75102] cladoceran common
  • Crustacea Arthropoda Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Arthropods, Crustaceans, Invertebrates) - Cirripedia [75108] cirriped common larva nauplius
  • Crustacea Arthropoda Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Arthropods, Crustaceans, Invertebrates) - Copepoda [75110] copepod common
  • Mollusca Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Invertebrates, Mollusks) - Gastropoda [61200] gastropod common larva
  • Mollusca Invertebrata Animalia (Animals, Invertebrates, Mollusks) - Pelecypoda [61500] bivalve common larva
  • Plantae (Algae, Microorganisms, Nonvascular Plants, Plants) - Algae [13000] phytoplankton common
  • 07002, Behavioral biology - General and comparative behavior
  • 07003, Behavioral biology - Animal behavior
  • 07506, Ecology: environmental biology - Plant
  • 07508, Ecology: environmental biology - Animal
  • 07510, Ecology: environmental biology - Oceanography and limnology
  • 25502, Development and Embryology - General and descriptive
  • 64001, Invertebrata: comparative, experimental morphology, physiology and pathology - General
  • 64016, Invertebrata: comparative, experimental morphology, physiology and pathology - Aschelminthes
  • 64026, Invertebrata: comparative, experimental morphology, physiology and pathology - Mollusca
  • 64030, Invertebrata: comparative, experimental morphology, physiology and pathology - Annelida
  • 64054, Invertebrata:comparative, experimental morphology, physiology and pathology - Arthropoda: crustacea
  • Ecology, Environmental Sciences
  • simulation model mathematical and computer techniques
  • Behavior
  • Estuarine Ecology

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Hansen, Benni Winding ; Stenalt, Ea ; Petersen, Jens Kjerulf ; Ellegaard, Christina. / Invertebrate re-colonisation in Mariager Fjord (Denmark) after severe hypoxia. I. Zooplankton and settlement. In: Ophelia. 2002 ; Vol. 56, No. 3. pp. 197-213.
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Invertebrate re-colonisation in Mariager Fjord (Denmark) after severe hypoxia. I. Zooplankton and settlement. / Hansen, Benni Winding; Stenalt, Ea; Petersen, Jens Kjerulf; Ellegaard, Christina.

In: Ophelia, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2002, p. 197-213.

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Hansen BW, Stenalt E, Petersen JK, Ellegaard C. Invertebrate re-colonisation in Mariager Fjord (Denmark) after severe hypoxia. I. Zooplankton and settlement. Ophelia. 2002;56(3):197-213.