Contribution à l'étude du zooplancton des eaux libanaises

A study of zooplankton of the Lebanese coastal waters has been carried out for the first time. Thirty three net samples were taken from the surface and 10 m depth at 8 different stations, using 2 planktonic nets of different sizes. One hundred and ten species and genera of zooplankton were identified and the relative abundance of species was noted. Copepods constitute the major fraction of zooplankton (50% of the total species and about 75% of the total biomass). Most zooplanktonic groups are represented.