Mechanisms regulating inter‐annual variability in zooplankton advection over the Lofoten shelf, implications for cod larvae survival

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: Espinasse, Boris, Tverberg, Vigdis, Basedow, Sünnje L., Hattermann, Tore, Nøst, Ole Anders, Albretsen, Jon, SkarĐhamar, Jofrid, Eiane, Ketil
• Other Authors: ConocoPhillips
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Lofoten; Lofoten Basin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12193; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Ffog.12193; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fog.12193

Abstract Variability in the availability of suitable prey (mainly nauplii stages of Calanus spp.) in the early life stages of cod is likely a significant contributor to the fluctuations in the year‐class strength in the Arcto Norwegian cod stock. We have investigated the origin of the Lofoten shelf...