Zooplankton molecular analyses allow for accurate species identification with a proper molecular signature, complementing classic phenotypic-based taxonomy (α taxonomy). For the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene sequences

The Paracalanidae are ecologically-important marine planktonic copepods that occur in the epipelagic zone in temperate and tropical waters. They are often the dominant taxon – in terms of biomass and abundance – in continental shelf regions. As primary

The role of diatom dominance and phytoplankton concentration in determining the abundance of the dominant calanoid and cyclopoid copepod species in Port Phillip Bay, southern Australia, was investigated. Sampling for Chlorophyll-a, phytoplankton and zooplankton