Zooplankton: General information

(Updated August 9, 2002)

PAGE INDEX

Micronekton

Decapod shrimp
Euphausiids
Cephalopods

Crustacean mesozooplankton

Copepods
Cladocerans
Amphipods
Ostracods

Gelatinous zooplankton

Cnidaria
Ctenophora
Chordata

Meroplankton

Molluscan larvae
Crustacean larvae
Fish larvae

General

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Micronekton - general information

Decapod shrimp

Euphausiids

Pictures
- Euphausia superba (krill: juvenile) by Uwe Kils

Cephalopods

Culturing cephalopods: National Resource Center for Cephalopods
Images & General Information from NRCC.
Cephalopods in Action from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

Crustacean mesozooplankton - general information

Copepods

Systematics & Phylogeny
- Taxonomic Search via Smithsonian NMNH database
- Harpacticoid phylogeny following Lang (Oldenberg site)
- Calanoid phylogeny following Park and Andronov (Lucifer site)
Biology
- The Calanus Connection -- an account of Finley's observations on bowhead whales feeding on Calanus in Baffin Bay
- Freshwater copepods and cladocerans of SW US: general info and lots of photos from Southwest Missouri State Univ.'s Zooplankton Project
- SIO site: C. Fowler's Virtual Copepod Page: basics, images, animations, links, bibliography
- Oldenberg site: Brief overview (no citations) of copepod biology
Collections
- Smithsonian collection at the National Museum of Natural History (searchable)
- SIO's Planktonic Invertebrates Collection, including info on the Fleminger Copepod Library with 21,500 sorted specimens
Links
- SIO site
- The World of Copepoda: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History's on-line data base
- Links to web sites, maintained by Sean Avent.
- Links to many web sites treating various aspects of copepod biology, maintained by Thorsten-D. Kunnemann (for parent site, click here).
- Monoculus Library-- access to a library (real paper! ... not electronic) of copepod literature.
- Monoculus on-line issues of Monoculus (Copepod newsletter connected to the International Congress on Copepoda)
- Geoff Boxshall's pages, Natural History Museum, London
- of Italy
Research
- Population-dynamics model of Calanus finmarchicus from Georges Bank region (C.B. Miller et al, 1998, Oregon State Univ.)
- Calanus and Pseudocalanus distributions from Georges Bank (McGillicuddy & Davis, 1996)
- Searchable database of copepod researchers via Smithsonian NMNH
Grant award/report abstracts
- Lake Michigan costal plumes project abstract (Vanderploeg & Bundy 1998)
- Abundance, age-structure and ingestion rates (EPA award ending 1996, Roman, PI)
Pictures
- Aetideopsis armata (by April Davis)
- Copilia vitrea (via Smithsonian NMNH's The World of Copepoda)
- Euchaeta rimana (by Jeannette Yen)
- Oncea venusta (NMNH)
- Pleuromamma xiphias SEM done in psychedelic color (by Tina Weatherby [Carvalho])
- Pontellina plumata (NMNH)
- Sapphirina auronites (NMNH)
- unknown sp. (calanoid)(by Uwe Kils)
- Fresh water copepods of south-central US: photo album maintained by Southwest Missouri State Univ.
Reference material
- Bibliography search via Smithsonian NMNH database
- The Biology of Calanoid Copepods by John Mauchline (Academic Press, 1998)
- Copepod Family Euchaetidae by Taisoo Park (UC Press, 1995)

Cladocerans

Links
- Guelph site: Taxonomy, References, Researchers meetings, links
- S.W. Missouri State site: General informationon clacoderans and fresh water copepods of south-central US, with lots of photos
- DMOZ open directory project: links
Pictures
- Cladoceran photo album maintained by Southwest Missouri State Univ.

Amphipods

Links
- Old Dominion Univ. "The Amphipod Homepage"
- Tromso Museum literature database by W. Vader
- Southern Australian amphipods: general information
Pictures
- So. Australia photo gallery
- Uwe Kils ecoscope photo

Ostracods

Links
- BMS Ostracod Group: links
- Univ. of Iowa systematic index
- USGS ostracode database
- Bioluminescence and reproduction James Morin (Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles
Pictures
- Southern Australian ostracods: photo gallery