Plankton Resting Stages in the Marine Sediments of the Bay of Vlorë (Albania)

Table 2

Abundance (cysts g⁻¹ dw) of probably viable resting stages (cysts) observed in surface sediments of two stations in Bay of Vlorë (Albania). Values from three replicates are reported.

	40a	40b	40c	45a	45b	45c
Calciodinellum albatrosianum	20.1	18.3	35.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Calciodinellum operosum	0.0	0.0	11.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gonyaulax group	20.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	59.6
Gymnodinium sp. 1	20.1	9.2	0.0	0.0	22.2	0.0
Lingulodinium polyedrum	40.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Melodomuncula berlinensis	40.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oblea rotunda	0.0	0.0	11.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pentapharsodinium dalei type 1	20.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.1	0.0
Pentapharsodinium tyrrhenicum type 1	40.2	18.3	23.4	0.0	11.1	0.0
Protoperidinium sp. 1	0.0	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Protoperidinium sp. 5	0.0	0.0	11.7	0.0	11.1	0.0
Scrippsiella ramonii	0.0	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Scrippsiella trochoidea rough type	40.2	18.3	46.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Scrippsiella trochoidea smooth type	0.0	9.2	11.7	0.0	11.1	0.0
Scrippsiella trochoidea medium type	181.0	73.3	105.4	173.1	111.1	238.4
Scrippsiella trochoidea small type	80.5	64.2	58.5	230.8	0.0	0.0
Scrippsiella sp. 1	20.1	0.0	11.7	0.0	11.1	0.0
Scrippsiella sp. 4	0.0	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thoracosphaera sp. 1	0.0	0.0	11.7	0.0	11.1	0.0
Dinophyta sp. 2	0.0	0.0	23.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dinophyta sp. 17	0.0	18.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dinophyta sp. 26	0.0	18.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dinophyta sp. 33	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.1	0.0
Codonellopsis schabii	1.0	0.0	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.5
Stenosemella ventricosa	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Strobilidium sp.	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Strombidium acutum	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.1	0.0
Tintinnopsis cylindrica	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
Undella claparedei	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Brachionus plicatilis	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
Synchaeta sp spiny type	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
Penilia avirostris	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Acartia clausi/margalefi	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.5	0.3	0.8
Acartia sp. 1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Centropages sp.	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2
Cyst type 1	0.0	0.0	0.0	57.7	0.0	0.0