Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of Calanus finmarchicus

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: Melle, W., Runge, J.A., Head, E., Plourde, S., Castellani, C., Licandro, P., Pierson, J., Jonasdottir, S.H., Johnson, C., Broms, C., Debes, H., Falkenhaug, T., Gaard, E., Gislason, A., Heath, M.R., Niehoff, Barbara, Nielsen, T.G., Pepin, P., Stenevik, E.K., Chust, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Earth System Science Data 2015
• Subjects: Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43145/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43145/1/Melle2015EPIC.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49709; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49709.d001

Here we present a new, pan-North-Atlantic compilation of data on key mesozooplankton species, including the most important copepod, Calanus finmarchicus. Distributional data of eight representative zooplankton taxa, from recent (2000-2009) Continuous Plankton Recorder data, are presented, along with basin-scale data of the phytoplankton colour index. Then we present a compilation of data on C. finmarchicus, including observations of abundance, demography, egg production and female size, with accompanying data on temperature and chlorophyll.