Composition and Distribution of Plankton Communities in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Valentina V. Kasyan, Dmitrii G. Bitiutskii, Aleksej V. Mishin, Oleg A. Zuev, Svetlana A. Murzina, Philipp V. Sapozhnikov, Olga Yu. Kalinina, Vitaly L. Syomin, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Viktor P. Voronin, Elena S. Chudinovskikh, Alexei M. Orlov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: thermohaline structure; phytoplankton; macro- and mesozooplankton; ichthyoplankton; abundance; biomass; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic Sound; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Powell Basin; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill; Euphausia superba; Thysanoessa macrura; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110923; https://doaj.org/article/df3b766fda804861a17a4a8d1f385e12

In recent decades, the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding region have undergone a significant transformation due to global climate change affecting the structure and distribution of pelagic fauna. Here, we present the results of our study on the taxonomic composition and quantitative...