Deep-Sea Research I 46 (1999) 1391}1415 Mesozooplankton in the Arctic Ocean in summer

• Main Authors: Delphine Thibault, Erica J. H. Head, Patricia A. Wheeler
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Amundsen Basin; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; amundsen basin; Calanus hyperboreus; Chukchi; Nansen Basin; Phytoplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.582.3784; http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/~botha/thibault et al, AOS94.pdf

The biomass, species and chemical composition of the mesozooplankton and their impact on lower food levels were estimated along a transect across the Arctic Ocean. Mesozooplankton biomass in the upper 200 m of the water column was signi"cantly higher (19}42 mg DW m~3) than has previously been r...