Abstract:
This technical report summarizes the
results of a three year study of the zooplankton
living in the nearshore zone off
Newport, Oregon. The sampling program was
part of the Early Life History (ELH) project
of the Oregon State University Sea Grant Program
and was designed to study the ecology
of the larval forms of all fishes, shrimps
and. crabs, as well as the zooplankton.
These samples are valuable because they are
the first from Oregon to have been collected
and analyzed from stations located very near
to shore. In the past, zooplankton studies
have been based on samples collected along
transects beginning at stations 5 or 15
miles from the beach, or on samples collected
well offshore over the continental slope.
Our samples are also the first collected
within the zone of intense coastal upwelling.
Huyer (1974), among others, has
identified this zone as extending from the
beach out to about 10 km from shore.
