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BSEP116B Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea - Helcom

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Biomass (wet weight, mg per m 2 )<br />

Biomass (wet weight, mg per m 2 )<br />

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Pseudocalanus spp.<br />

Acartia spp.<br />

Temora longicornis<br />

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Figure 3.3.1. Biomass of copepods Pseudocalanus spp., Temora longicornis<br />

and Acartia spp. <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Baltic</strong> Proper. FIMR monitor<strong>in</strong>g data 1979–<br />

2007, annual sampl<strong>in</strong>g (August) of HELCOM monitor<strong>in</strong>g stations.<br />

Pseudocalanus spp.<br />

Acartia spp.<br />

Temora longicornis<br />

1979<br />

1981<br />

1983<br />

1985<br />

1987<br />

1989<br />

1991<br />

1993<br />

1995<br />

1997<br />

1999<br />

2001<br />

2003<br />

2005<br />

2007<br />

Nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Baltic</strong> Proper and Gulf of F<strong>in</strong>land<br />

The available monitor<strong>in</strong>g data from <strong>the</strong> past 28<br />

years showed no significant trend <strong>in</strong> overall abundance<br />

or biomass development of zooplankton <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Baltic</strong> Proper. Of <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> zooplankton<br />

groups, copepods showed no dist<strong>in</strong>ct trend,<br />

while cladocerans displayed a downward trend.<br />

However, <strong>the</strong>re are dist<strong>in</strong>ct changes <strong>in</strong> abundance<br />

among copepod species. The copepod genus<br />

Pseudocalanus significantly decl<strong>in</strong>ed dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />

observation period (p

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