ZOOPLANKTON COMPOSITION IN THE MANGROVES AND REEFS OF THE LAS PERLAS ARCHIPELAGO, PANAMA by KATHERINE NISBET
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3 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 4 1.2 Mangroves as Nurseries 5 1.3 Nearshore Tropical Zooplankton 7 1.4 Aims 9 Chapter 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Study Area 10 2.2 Sampling Design 11 2.2.1 Net tows 11 2.2.2 Nightlight sampling 11 2.2.3 Sample preparation 12 Chapter 3 Results 3.1 Zooplankton composition 14 3.2 Larval fish 16 Chapter 4 Discussion 20 Chapter 5 Conclusion 24 References 25 Appendix 1 30
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