Lipid content in overwintering Calanus finmarchicus across the Subpolar Eastern North Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Jónasdóttir, Sigrún H., Wilson, Robert J., Gislason, Astthor, Heath, Michael R.
• Other Authors: Strategiske Forskningsråd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.11167; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.11167; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/lno.11167; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.11167

Abstract The boreal copepod Calanus finmarchicus accumulates lipid reserves during summer feeding in surface ocean waters, which enable it to stay at depth and survive famine during overwintering. Respiration of lipids during prolonged overwintering at ocean depths (> 1000 m in some areas) has be...