Pseudocalanus mimus - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Pseudocalanus mimus Frost, 1989 (F,M)

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List of the studied authors )

Frost, 1989 (p.544, figs.F,M); Bucklin & al., 2003 (p.335, tab. 2, fig.3, Biomol.); Aarbakke & al., 2011 (p.1487, Table III, fig.2, genetic analysis); Questel & al., 2016 (p.610, Fig.3, genetic analyse , Table VI, VII, VIII)

Species Pseudocalanus mimus - Plate 1 of morphological figures

issued from : B.W. Frost in Can. J. Zool., 1989, 67. [Fig.21, p.545].
Female: A, habitus (lateral view); B, anterior portion of cephalosome (lateral view from left side); C, Th1-Th3 (posteroventral margins lateral from left side); .

Male: D, habitus (lateral view); E, anterior portion of cephalosome (lateral view from right side); F, posterior portion of urosome; G, idem from Pseudocalanus elongatus; H, idem from Pseudocalanus moultoni.

All scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Compl. Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Shih & Marhue, 1991 (tab.2, 3); Hattori, 1991 (tab.1, Appendix); Gomez-Gutiérrez & Peterson, 1999 (p.637, Table I, II, III, V, VI, figs.4, 5, 6, 7, abundance, egg production); Mackas & al., 2001 (p.685, Tab. 3, fig.3: interannual changes in species composition); Peterson & al., 2002 (p.353); Peterson & al. 2002 (p.381, Table 2, fig.7, interannual abundance); Mackas & Galbraith, 2002 (p.725, tab.2a, 2b, fig.4,5,6); 2002 a (p.423, Table 2); Peterson & Keister, 2003 (p.2499, interannual variability); Mackas & al., 2004 (p.875, Table 2); Mackas & Coyle, 2005 (p.707, fig.7); Mackas & al., 2005 (p.1011, 1021, tab.2); Hopcroft & al., 2005 (p.198, table 2); Mackas & al., 2006 (L22S07, Table 2); Hooff & Peterson, 2006 (p.2610); Mackas & al., 2007 (p.223, climatic change index); Liu & Hopcroft, 2008 (p.928: table II); Peterson, 2009 (p.73, Rem.: p.74, 78, indicator of long-term changes); Galbraith, 2009 (pers. comm.); Hopcroft & al., 2009 (p.9, Table 3); Homma & Yamaguchi, 2010 (p.965, Table 2); Homma & al., 2011 (p.29, Table 2, 3, 4, 5, abundance, feeding pattern: suspension feeders); DFO, 2011 (p.12, Rem.); Bi & al., 2011 (L12607, time series vs decadal oscillation); Matsuno & al., 2011 (p.1349, Table 1, abundance vs years); Matsuno & al., 2012 (Table 1, 2, fig.6); Takahashi M. & al., 2012 (p.393, Table 2, water type index); Irvine & Crawford, 2013 (p.1, Rem.: p.59, anomaly time series); Questel & al., 2013 (p.23, Table 3, interannual abundance & biomass, 2008-2010); Batchelder & al., 2013 (p.34, Rem.: p.42); Hirai & al., 2020 (p.1, Fig. 5: cluster analysis (OTU), spatial distribution).

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Distribution map of Pseudocalanus mimus by geographical zones

Species Pseudocalanus mimus - Distribution map 2

issued from : B.W. Frost in Can. J. Zool., 1989, 67. [p.529, Fig.3].
Geographical distribution of Pseudocalanus spp.

Issued from : W.T. Peterson, J.E. Keister & L.R. Feinberg in Prog. Oceanogr., 2002, 54. [p.391, Fig.7].
Abundance (number per cubic meter) of P. mimus at the station NH5 (off Newport, Oregon, at depth 30 m) from May 1996 through September 1999, during El Niño event in 1997-98, the largest of the century.

Nota: The radical changes in community composition observed with the onset of the El Niño were driven in part by the dramatic declines in the abundance of two of the dominant local boreal copepod species, Pseudocalanus mimus and Calanus marshallae (see fig.), from September 1997 through July 1998. Prior to the beginning of the El Niño in 1997, these two boreal species began to increase in abundance in April and by May, the marshallae population had reached 150 ind/m3, and mimus 2500 ind/m3. These values are higher than our 8-year climatology values of 75 and 1500/m3, respectively. Their abundances declines during May/June 1997 downwelling event, rebounded during the brief July/August upwelling period, but then declined to near zero with the onset of downwelling in late-August1997. Their abundances remained persistently low throughout the winter of 1997/98 and most 1998.
Another factor contributing to changeds in community structure during the El Niño period was that C. marshallae and P. mimus were replaced by two warm-water species, C. pacificus (an offshore California Current species) and Paracalanus parvus (a subtropical neritic species). Several other warm-water copepod species occurred commonly during the El Niño period; two of these species, Ctenocalanus vanus and Corycaeus anglicus (see figs.) became common after late August 1997, and were among the most abundant species in the Oregon coastal zone. The boreal coastal copepod species began to recover in July/August of 1998, 11 months after the onset of the El Niño event. C. marshallae numbers began to increase in July and the population appeared to have recovered from the effects of the El Niño by August 1998. Although P. mimus showed signs of a recovery in August 1998, its population did not reach 'normal levels' (based on historical data) until 1999, two years after the advent of the El Niño. Both of the dominant warm-water species, Calanus pacificus and Paracalanus parvus (see figs.), remained abundant through the end of 1998 and persisted in coastal waters (although in low numbers) though mid-summer of 1999.

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Geographical glossary )

Japan (NE, off Sanriku); Bering Sea (S, E), Canada Basin (rere); Chukchi Sea, off NW Alaska, S Aleutian Basin, S Aleutian Is., G. of Alaska, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, off Washington coast, Oregon (off Newport)

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(122) F: 1,79-1,25; M: 1,29-0,91; {F: 1,25-1,79; M: 0,91-1,29}

Rem.:

Characteristics according to Frost (1989): See limits of lenght measurements in the figure of the genus Pseudocalanus
Female: frontal part ogival in lateral view; posteroventral margins of Th1 and Th2 with no or very short spiniform processes; ratio of sizes B1/B2 <1.5; ratio Prosome/Urosome = 2.1 (1.95 - 2.24).
Male: ratio of sizes B1/B2 < 1.5; A1: ratio of the segments 8-12/20-21 < 2.0; U2-U4 with mediodorsal sensillum; ratio of size U2/U4 < 1.37; ratio Cephalosome/U2 size > 5.29 (5.09-5.63; Furca: length/width ratio > 1.5.

For Questel & al. (2016, p.615), the presence of P. mimus in the Arctic Ocean has been confirmed through sequencing the 28S ribosomal RNA gene.

Last update : 28/10/2020


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