FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Thaliacean community responses to distinct thermohaline and circulation patterns in the Western Tropical South Atlantic Ocean BT AF Giachini Tosetto, Everton Barkokébas Silva, Barbara Franchesca García Díaz, Xiomara Neumann-Leitão, Sigrid Bertrand, Arnaud AS 1:1,2,3;2:3;3:4;4:3;5:1,2,3,5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:; C1 MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, 34200, Sète, France Institut de Recherche Pour Le Développement, 34200, Sète, France Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 50670-901, Brazil Instituto Socioambiental E Dos Recursos Hídricos, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Belém, PA, 66077-830, Brazil Departamento de Pesca E Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil C2 IRD, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE UNIV FED PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL UNIV FED RURAL AMAZONIA, BRAZIL UNIV FED RURAL PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL UM MARBEC IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.6 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00792/90428/96014.pdf LA English DT Article CR ABRACOS ABRACOS 2 BO Antea DE ;Pyrosoma atlanticum;Soestia zonaria;Doliolida;North Brazilian undercurrent;South Equatorial current;Gelatinous zooplankton AB In western boundary current systems, strong currents transport oligotrophic oceanic waters towards the coast. Thaliaceans may have an advantage in these systems due their ability to filter small particles such as the bacterioplankton, typically responsible for the primary production in oligotrophic waters. Here, we evaluated the structure of the thaliacean community present in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean western boundary current system to test the hypothesis that species distribution and abundance are structured by the circulation and thermohaline features. For that purpose, we used data collected though 40 mm mesopelagic trawls above the slope and around oceanic seamounts and islands. Results reveal distinct patterns in the thaliacean community structure. Over the continental slope, under the influence of the strong North Brazilian Undercurrent, Pyrosoma atlanticum was highly abundant. Soestia zonaria was also present but in a lesser amount. Offshore, around oceanic islands and Seamounts under the influence of the central branch of South Equatorial Current, Doliolida spp. were the dominant thaliacean, co-occurring with P. atlanticum in lower abundance. Mesh selectivity is a potential drawback in these results since the coarse aperture may have lost smaller species and early life stages. PY 2022 PD DEC SO Hydrobiologia SN 0018-8158 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 849 IS 21 UT 000852274700001 BP 4679 EP 4692 DI 10.1007/s10750-022-05007-3 ID 90428 ER EF