The ecology of chaetognatha in the coastal waters of eastern Hong Kong.

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Tse, Pan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-92). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1. --- General introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1. --- Chaetognatha --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2. --- Morphology and anatomy --- p.1 / Chapter 1.3. --- Food and feeding behaviour --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4. --- Locomotion --- p.3 / Chapter 1.5. --- Study location --- p.3 / Chapter 1.6. --- Significance of study --- p.4 / Chapter 1.61. --- Species composition and seasonal abundance --- p.4 / Chapter 1.62. --- Diel vertical migration and diel feeding activity --- p.5 / Chapter 1.63. --- Predation impact --- p.5 / Chapter 1.7. --- Objectives --- p.6 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Species composition and seasonal abundance of Chaetognatha --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1. --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.11. --- Species composition --- p.7 / Chapter 2.12. --- Study sites --- p.9 / Chapter 2.13. --- Objective --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2. --- Materials and methods --- p.11 / Chapter 2.21. --- Field sampling --- p.11 / Chapter 2.22. --- Laboratory analysis --- p.11 / Chapter 2.23. --- Data analysis --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3. --- Results --- p.12 / Chapter 2.31. --- Temperature and salinity --- p.12 / Chapter 2.32. --- Species composition --- p.14 / Chapter 2.33. --- Dominant species --- p.18 / Chapter 2.34. --- Species richness and species diversity --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4. --- Discussion --- p.23 / Chapter 2.41. --- Species composition --- p.23 / Chapter 2.42. --- Flaccisagitta enflata --- p.24 / Chapter 2.43. --- Aidanosagitta neglect a --- p.25 / Chapter 2.44. --- Aidanosagitta delicata --- p.26 / Chapter 2.45. --- Species richness and species diversity --- p.26 / Chapter 2.46. --- Prey abundance --- p.27 / Chapter 2.47. --- Spatial influences --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5. --- Conclusion --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Diel vertical migration and feeding activity of Flaccisagitta enflata --- p.29 / Chapter 3.1. --- Introduction --- p.29 / Chapter 3.11. --- Abundance --- p.29 / Chapter 3.12. --- Diel vertical migration --- p.29 / Chapter 3.12. --- Diel feeding activity --- p.30 / Chapter 3.13. --- Study sites --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2. --- Objectives --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3. --- Materials and methods --- p.31 / Chapter 3.31. --- Sample collection --- p.31 / Chapter 3.32. --- Laboratory analysis --- p.32 / Chapter 3.33. --- Data analysis --- p.32 / Chapter 3.4. --- Results --- p.33 / Chapter 3.41. --- Hydrography --- p.33 / Chapter 3.42. --- Flaccisagitta enflata abundance --- p.33 / Chapter 3.43. --- Diel vertical migration --- p.38 / Chapter 3.44. --- Dietary composition --- p.42 / Chapter 3.45. --- Prey abundance --- p.47 / Chapter 3.46. --- Food containing ratio --- p.51 / Chapter 3.5. --- Discussion --- p.51 / Chapter 3.51. --- Flaccisagitta enflata abundance --- p.51 / Chapter 3.52. --- Diel vertical migration --- p.55 / Chapter 3.53. --- Diel feeding activity --- p.57 / Chapter 3.6. --- Conclusion --- p.58 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Predation impact of Flaccisagitta enflata on mesozooplankton --- p.59 / Chapter 4.1. --- Introduction --- p.59 / Chapter 4.11. --- Flaccisagitta enflata --- p.59 / Chapter 4.12. --- Prey --- p.59 / Chapter 4.13. --- Predation impact --- p.60 / Chapter 4.14. --- Feeding rate and digestion time --- p.60 / Chapter 4.2. --- Objective --- p.61 / Chapter 4.3. --- Materials and methods --- p.61 / Chapter 4.31. --- Sample collection --- p.61 / Chapter 4.32. --- Sample analysis --- p.61 / Chapter 4.33. --- Measurement of digestion time --- p.62 / Chapter 4.34. --- Data analysis --- p.62 / Chapter 4.4. --- Results --- p.64 / Chapter 4.41. --- Water temperature --- p.64 / Chapter 4.42. --- Flaccisagitta enflata distribution --- p.64 / Chapter 4.43. --- Prey distribution --- p.66 / Chapter 4.44. --- Food containing ratio --- p.66 / Chapter 4.45. --- Gut content --- p.66 / Chapter 4.46. --- Prey selectivity --- p.72 / Chapter 4.47. --- Predation impact --- p.72 / Chapter 4.5. --- Discussion --- p.77 / Chapter 4.51. --- Flaccisagitta enflata distribution --- p.77 / Chapter 4.52. --- Food containing ratio --- p.79 / Chapter 4.53. --- Gut content --- p.80 / Chapter 4.54. --- Cannibalism --- p.81 / Chapter 4.55. --- Prey selectivity --- p.82 / Chapter 4.56. --- Digestion time --- p.82 / Chapter 4.57. --- Predation impact --- p.83 / Chapter 4.6. --- Conclusion --- p.84 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Conclusion --- p.85 / References --- p.86

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Chaetognatha--Ecology

Chaetognatha--Ecology--China--Hong Kong

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325867
Date	January 2007
Contributors	Tse, Pan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biology.
Source Sets	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language	English, Chinese
Detected Language	English
Type	Text, bibliography
Format	print, xviii, 92 leaves : ill., map ; 30 cm.
Coverage	China, Hong Kong
Rights	Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)