Response of the pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni to an iron induced phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Ocean Frontal Zone(EIFEX)

• Main Authors: von Harbou, Lena, Bathmann, Ulrich, Peeken, Ilka, Jansen, Sandra, Krägefsky, Sören
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Mesozooplankton; Polarforschung; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/14893/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.25104

The pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni is an important member of Southern Ocean mesozooplankton. In the last decades, its distribution has extended southward with the declining ice coverage in certain Antarctic regions (Loeb et al 1997, Atkinson et al 2004). They especially proliferate in areas with C...