Shell lengths of pteropod, Limacina helicina antarctica, collected from the PAL LTER sediment trap along the Western Antarctic Peninsula, 2004 - 2018, and from net tows 2017-2018.

• Main Authors: LTER, Palmer Station Antarctica, Thibodeau, Patricia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Anvers; Anvers Island; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Limacina helicina
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/237226c00e89aa0435d825d7015b3a8f; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-pal.307.4

Pteropod, Limacina helicina antarctica, is an abundant zooplankton along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and prey for higher trophic organisms. Changes in the pteropod (pelagic snail) phenology (life history) have important implications for regional food web dynamics. Pteropod shell lengths we...