Comparative ecology of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic, and implications for life-cycle patterns

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Heath, Michael R, Boyle, Peter R, Gislason, Astthor, Gurney, William S.C, Hay, Stephen J, Head, Erica J.H, Holmes, Steven, Ingvarsdóttir, Anna, Jónasdóttir, Sigrun H, Lindeque, Pennie, Pollard, Raymond T, Rasmussen, Jens, Richards, Kelvin, Richardson, Katherine, Smerdon, Gary, Speirs, Douglas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2004
• Subjects: Calanus finmarchicus; Iceland; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.03.013; http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/61/4/698/29123043/61-4-698.pdf

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...