PLANKTON COMMUNITIES IN TWO FJORDS OF WEST SPITSBERGEN

• Published in: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Larisa Kapustina, Oksana Pavlova, Nataliya Rodionova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2017
• Subjects: phytoplankton; bacterioplankton; zooplankton; vertical distribution; species composition; dominant complexes; Science; Q; Arctic; Gunner; Calanus finmarchicus; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17076/bg625; https://doaj.org/article/827b7a883e9041f3b168bb9e96d97ebf

Samples of phyto-, bacterio- and zooplankton were collected from two small fjords of West Spitsbergen Island during the spring and summer seasons of 2007–2010. The phytoplankton level was generally low throughout the study period; total algal abundances being somewhat higher in spring compared to th...