E. Castrolongoria et Ja. Williams, FIRST REPORT OF THE PRESENCE OF ACARTIA-MARGALEFI (COPEPODA, CALANOIDA) IN SOUTHAMPTON WATER AND HORSEA-LAKE, UK, Journal of plankton research, 18(4), 1996, pp. 567-575
Acartia margalefi is recorded for the first time in British waters, wh
ere it is found to be an important copepod in the mesozooplankton comm
unity structure of Southampton Water and Horsea Lake. Within the genus
Acartia, this species occurs all through the annual cycle. Abundance
is higher in the upper estuary, where the range of temperature and sal
inity is relatively wider over the year. It is clear that A. margalefi
is an estuarine species which can tolerate a significant range of tem
perature.