FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Meiobenthos of the bay of saint-brieuc (north brittany, france) .2. harpacticoid copepod diversity and species assemblages BT AF BODIN, P LEGUELLEC, C AS 1:;2:; FF 1:;2:; IF 0.662 TC 15 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00101/21242/18857.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;HARPACTICOID COPEPODS;DIVERSITY;SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES;FRENCH COAST OF ENGLISH CHANNEL;INTERTIDAL AND SUBTIDAL ZONES AB Harpacticoid copepods (Crustacea) of the Bay of Saint-Brieuc (Western Channel, France) were collected in winter and late spring 1988, at five intertidal and six subtidal sites. 140 species (many new and some rare) were identified, and several diversity indices (Shannon; Fisher et al.; Margalef) were calculated for the different sites: very high values were obtained at some of them, specially in heterogeneous sediment (H' = 5.26). Pearson's correlation coefficients show that diversity was positively correlated with TOM and depth. Correspondence factorial analyses applied to dominant species suggested the existence of an intertidal fine sand assemblage, with a low salinity ''facies'' (sensu Bodin, 1977), and a subtidal heterogeneous muddy sand assemblage, with several facies related to the sediment structure. These assemblages more or less correspond to the macrofauna communities of the bay and are compared with other harpacticoid copepod assemblages worldwide. PY 1992 SO Oceanologica Acta SN 0399-1784 PU Gauthier-Villars VL 15 IS 6 UT A1992KQ50000009 BP 673 EP 686 ID 21242 ER EF