Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i>

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Barbara.Niehoff [ at ] awi.de

Abstract

<jats:p>Abstract. Here we present a new, pan-North-Atlantic compilation of data on key mesozooplankton species, including the most important copepod, Calanus finmarchicus. Distributional data of eight representative zooplankton taxa, from recent (2000–2009) Continuous Plankton Recorder data, are presented, along with basin-scale data of the phytoplankton colour index. Then we present a compilation of data on C. finmarchicus, including observations of abundance, demography, egg production and female size, with accompanying data on temperature and chlorophyll. This is a contribution by Canadian, European and US scientists and their institutions: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.820732, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.824423, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.828393 (please also see Melle et al., 2013; Castellani and Licandro, 2013; Jónasdóttir et al., 2014). </jats:p>

Item Type

Article

Authors

Divisions

AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Polar Biological Oceanography

Primary Division

Organizations > AWI Organizations > Biosciences > Polar Biological Oceanography

Programs

Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES II (2014-2020) > TOPIC 1: Changes and regional feedbacks in Arctic and Antarctic > WP 1.4: Arctic sea ice and its interaction with ocean and ecosystems

Primary Topic

Helmholtz Programs > Helmholtz Research Programs > PACES II (2014-2020) > TOPIC 1: Changes and regional feedbacks in Arctic and Antarctic > WP 1.4: Arctic sea ice and its interaction with ocean and ecosystems

Peer revision

ISI/Scopus peer-reviewed

Publication Status

Published

Eprint ID

43145

DOI https://www.doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015

Cite as

Melle, W. , Runge, J. , Head, E. , Plourde, S. , Castellani, C. , Licandro, P. , Pierson, J. , Jónasdóttir, S. , Johnson, C. , Broms, C. , Debes, H. , Falkenhaug, T. , Gaard, E. , Gislason, A. , Heath, M. , Niehoff, B. , Nielsen, T. , Pepin, P. , Stenevik, E. and Chust, G. (2015): Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i> , Earth System Science Data, 7 (2), pp. 223-230 . doi: https://www.doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015