In order to evaluate the impact of desalination facilities on the diversity and abundance of zooplankton, the abundance and structure of the zooplankton community were sampled along the Israeli Levantine shallow coast in the vicinity of desalination facilities. Samples were collected at two sites (Hadera and Ashqelon) during different seasons over a period of 15 months from November 2016 to January 2018. Tows were conducted above bottom depths of 2–28 m with both surface and deeper tows collected during the day and night. Results show a strong seasonality in taxonomic composition and differences in abundance in different taxa groups. There were, however, no differences between day and night, surface and deeper tows, and no impact of the brine plume. Abundance estimates correspond well with other recent studies of zooplankton abundance and community composition in other regions of the Eastern Levantine. This study represents the first quantitative survey of zooplankton conducted along Israeli Levantine shallow coast.

为了评估淡化设施对浮游生物多样性和丰富度的影响，在淡化设施附近的以色列黎凡特浅海沿岸对浮游动物群落的丰富度和结构进行了采样。从2016年11月至2018年1月，在15个月的不同季节中，在两个地点（哈德拉和阿什凯隆）采集了样品。拖缆在2–28 m的底部深度以上进行，白天和晚上都收集了表面和较深的拖缆。结果显示，分类学组成具有很强的季节性，并且不同分类群之间的丰度也存在差异。但是，白天和黑夜，表面和较深的丝束之间没有差异，也没有盐水羽流的影响。丰度估计值与东部黎凡特其他地区浮游动物丰度和群落组成的其他最新研究非常吻合。这项研究代表了在以色列黎凡特浅海沿岸进行的浮游动物的首次定量调查。