Winter-Spring Development of the Zooplankton Community Below Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Haakon Hop, Anette Wold, Amelie Meyer, Allison Bailey, Maja Hatlebakk, Slawomir Kwasniewski, Peter Leopold, Piotr Kuklinski, Janne E. Søreide
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: plankton bloom; phytoplankton; ice algae; zooplankton; Calanus; seasonal migration; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Calanus finmarchicus; Mesozooplankton; Nansen Basin; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Yermak plateau; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.609480; https://doaj.org/article/7fbd54cb93c740d28465a12ee601cf23

The impact of the rapidly changing Arctic on zooplankton community structure and seasonal behaviour is not yet understood. Here we examine 6 months of under-ice zooplankton observations from the N-ICE2015 expedition (January to June 2015) in the Nansen Basin and on the Yermak Plateau north of Svalba...