Annual variation in the nutritional value of Stage V Calanus finmarchicus: implications for right whales and other copepod predators

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: CAE McKinstry, AJ Westgate, HN Koopman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2013
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Canada; Manan; Calanus finmarchicus; Eubalaena glacialis; North Atlantic; North Atlantic right whale; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00497; https://doaj.org/article/946aacd6755a470c9ee98bd6c5f5b569

Stage V (C5) Calanus finmarchicus is a central prey item for animals feeding at several trophic levels in the Bay of Fundy, Canada, especially the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis. Here, we show that the energy and lipid content of C5 C. finmarchicus collected twice m...