Correlation between Physical and Chemical Parameters and Marine Macro Zooplankton Community around Port Sudan Area

Correlation between Physical and Chemical Parameters and Marine Macro Zooplankton Community around Port Sudan Area

The present study was conducted at six stations around Port Sudan Harbour to correlate total macro zooplankton with the physical and chemical parameters in samples from the Sudanese Red Sea. Oxygen, transparency and NO3 showed positive correlation with total numbers of zooplankton. The impact of other parameters varies from one station to the other with highest frequency for oxygen followed by NO3 and pH. Calanoida Copepods and Cyclopoida Copepods were the dominant groups and Cladocerans were the least recorded from 15 identified group of zooplankton.