The most numerous microzooplankton metazoans were copepod nauplii with a maximum of 39 at A50. Abundance decreased from the coastal stations toward open sea stations, and from the surface to deeper layers (Fig. 3). Abun
Fig. 3. Distribution of microzooplankton groups along the profile (ind.L') abundance of the other microzooplankton metazoans (copepodites and small adult copepods) was lower then nauplii densities, with maximum of 10 ind. L' recorded at 20 m at AlOOO station. We recorded five small copepod species: Oithona nana, Oithona similis, Monothula subtilis, Oncaea waldemari and Microsetella norvegica.