The distribution of zooplankton in an Antarctic fjord at South Georgia during summer and winter

Zooplankton was sampled intensively with an RMT 1+8M system in the fjord of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia during late winter 1983 and summer 1987. In summer, biomass was highest in the surface 20 m, reaching 142 g dw/1000 m 3 . Copepods dominated the zooplankton comprising 96–99% by numbers, of...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Author: Ward, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102089000210
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102089000210