ARCTIC Winter in a Svalbard Fiord Ecosystem

• Main Authors: J. M. Weslawski, S. Kwasniewski, J. Wiktor
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Arctic; Hornsund; Svalbard; Calanus finmarchicus; Phytoplankton; polar night; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.536.8731; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic44-2-115.pdf

ABSTRACT. Data pertaining to the characteristics of an arctic fiord in winter were collected at the Polish Arctic Station situated in Hornsund at 77ON, 15OE on Svalbard. Winter in the fiord was defined in terms of climate (November-May), hydrology (January-March) and biology (November-March). The ch...