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• Language: English
• Subjects: Bio-physical interaction; Enzyme activity; Growth; Mesozooplankton; Microzooplankton; Production; Irminger Sea; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.575.281; http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~pelagic/pdf files/Yebra et al. 2006.pdf

od n b, ospec rsity o urope vised line 1 spec energy from primary producers to fish populations. Its hydrographic features including major currents [Southern The present work seeks to describe which factors conditioned mesozooplankton biomass distribution and growth rates, and to assess possible interzonal and size Journal of Marine Systems 62 ⁎ Corresponding author. Present address: Institut de Ciències deldistribution and growth affect the main fisheries in the North Atlantic. To understand and predict the dynamics of zooplankton production, we need to know how environ-mental factors (mesoscale features, food availability) affect the distribution of planktonic biomass and growth rates. The Irminger Sea is a region of high variability in physical conditions. It is dominated by the Irminger current; a branch of the North Atlantic current which enters the Irminger Sea from the south and moves north andwest into theGreenland shelf (see Fig. 1 inHolliday et