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., Jónasdóttir, S. H., Johnson, C., Broms, C., Debes, H., Falkenhaug, T., Gaard, E., Gislason, A., Heath, M. R., Niehoff, B., Nielsen, T. G., Pepin, P., Stenevik, E. K., Chust, G.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015; https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/7/223/2015/

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. This is a contribution by Canadian, European and US scientists and their institutions: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.820732 , http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.824423 , http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.828393 (please also see Melle et al., 2013; Castellani and Licandro, 2013; Jónasdóttir et al., 2014).