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Seasonal and annual change in community structure of meso-sized copepods in Tokyo Bay, Japan

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Seasonal change in the meso-sized copepod community structure in the central part of Tokyo Bay was investigated from January 2006 to December 2008. Three seasonal community groups were detected, and seasonal shifts of these communities are explained by life history characteristics of indicator species and seasonal changes in the hydrographical environment. In the winter-spring community, Acartia omorii and Centropages abdominalis dominate because of high growth rates at low temperature. A shift to the early summer community is caused by a diapause of Ce. abdominalis as resting eggs and an increase in the growth and egg-production rate of Pseudodiaptomus marinus at high temperature. A shift to the summer-fall community is caused by a diapause of A. omorii at hypoxic and high temperature conditions and an increase of Temora turbinata, Paracalanus parvus and other oceanic species by an enhancement of the estuary circulation. Then, the community returns to a winter-spring one by the recovery of A. omorii and Ce. abdominalis with low temperatures and oxygenation of bottom water and by the disappearance of oceanic warm-water species at low temperature. Seasonal community shifts occurred almost regularly, but the shift from a winter-spring community to an early summer one occurred 1 month early in 2007 when the water temperature was warmer than in other years.

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This study was conducted as part of a follow-up assessment survey by the technical committee for the extension project of Tokyo International Airport, organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. We would like to thank the captains and crews of T/V Hiyodori and Seiyo Maru of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology for their help with sampling at sea. We are also grateful to Drs. Hideaki Nomura, Masato Moteki, Naho Miyazaki, Yuji Tanaka and Atsushi Tsuda for helpful discussions and critical comments. We are also grateful to two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments on the manuscript.

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  1. The Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8477, Japan

    Aiko Tachibana & Takashi Ishimaru

  2. Suidosha Co. Ltd., 8-11-11 Ikuta, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, 214-0038, Japan

    Hiroshi Itoh

  3. Yokohama Port and Airport Technology Investigation Office, Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, 2-1-4 Hashimoto-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-0053, Japan

    Yukihide Yoshida

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Tachibana, A., Ishimaru, T., Itoh, H. et al. Seasonal and annual change in community structure of meso-sized copepods in Tokyo Bay, Japan. J Oceanogr 69, 545–556 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-013-0191-7

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