Comparative ecology of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic, and implications for life-cycle patterns
Heath, Michael R. and Boyle, Peter R. and Gislason, Astthor and Gurney, William S.C. and Hay, Stephen J and Head, Erica J.H and Holmes, Steven and Ingvarsdóttir, Anna and Jónasdóttir, Sigrun H and Lindeque, Pennie and Pollard, Raymond T and Rasmussen, Jens and Richards, Kelvin and Richardson, Katherine and Smerdon, Gary and Speirs, Douglas C, European Union (Funder) (2004) Comparative ecology of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic, and implications for life-cycle patterns. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 61 (4). pp. 698-708. ISSN 1054-3139
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Abstract
Data from plankton net and Optical Plankton Counter sampling during 12 winter cruises between 1994 and 2002 have been used to derive a multi-annual composite 3-D distribution of the abundance of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in a swath across the North Atlantic from Labrador to Norway. Dense concentrations occurred in the Labrador Sea, northern Irminger Basin, northern Iceland Basin, eastern Norwegian Sea, Faroe-Shetland Channel, and in the Norwegian Trench of the North Sea. A model of buoyancy regulation in C. finmarchicus was used to derive the lipid content implied by the in situ temperature and salinity at over-wintering depths, assuming neutral buoyancy. The Faroe-Shetland Channel and eastern Norwegian Sea emerged as having the highest water column-integrated abundances of copepodites, the lowest over-wintering temperature, and the highest implied lipid content. The results are discussed in the context of spatial persistence of populations, seasonal patterns of abundance, and relationships between over-wintering and lipid accumulation in the surface waters.
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Heath, Michael R. ![]() ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 18579 |
Keywords: | Iceland Basin, Irminger Sea, Labrador Sea, lipid, net sampling, Norwegian Sea, optical plankton counter, vertical distribution, zooplankton, Mathematics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oceanography, Aquatic Science |
Subjects: | Science > Mathematics |
Department: | Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics > Statistics and Modelling Science |
Depositing user: | Mrs Ann Lynch |
Date deposited: | 06 Apr 2010 14:20 |
Last modified: | 01 Jan 2021 04:34 |
URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/18579 |
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