Table 3. Sub-regional dominance shift of the most common zooplankton taxa in the Baltic Sea across the salinity gradient from A to K.
| Taxa/Subregions | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
| Paracalanus parvus | 1 | 2 | 5a | ||||||||
| Pseudocalanus spp. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Oithona similis | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Centropages hamatus | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Carnivorous cladoceransb | 5 | 5 | 5c | ||||||||
| Meroplanktonic larvae | 6 | 4d | |||||||||
| Calanus finmarchicus | 7 | ||||||||||
| Centropages typicus | 7 | ||||||||||
| Acartia spp. | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Oikopleura dioica | 5e | ||||||||||
| Temora longicornis | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Bosmina spp. | 5d | 4d | 4d | 3d | 2d | ||||||
| Evadne nordmanni | 5 | ||||||||||
| Acartia tonsa | 5a | ||||||||||
| Acartia bifilosa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Eurytemora affinis | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Limnocalanus macrurus | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Synchaeta spp. | 5f | 4f | |||||||||
| Fritillaria borealis | 6 | ||||||||||
| Pleurobrachia pileus | 6 | ||||||||||
| Polychaeta (larvae) | 6 | ||||||||||
| Keratella spp. | 4f | ||||||||||
| Daphnia spp. | 2 |
Note:
Modified from: [185].
Legend:
1– the lowest, 7– the highest.
A Kattegat (shallow areas).
B Kattegat (deep areas).
C The Belts.
D Kiel Bay.
E The Sound.
F Arkona Sea.
G Bornholm Sea.
H Gotland Sea.
I Gulf of Finland.
J Bothnian Sea.
K Bothnian Bay.
a
late summer/autumn.
b
Evadne nordmanni, Podon spp.
c
not numerous.
d
not every year.
e
in spring.