Taxocene of pelagic copepods in coastal waters of the Argentine Islands, West coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, in 2021—2022

• Published in: Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
• Main Author: V. Tkachenko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Ukrainian
• Published: State Institution National Antarctic Scientific Center 2022
• Subjects: biodiversity; copepods; ice cover; mesozooplankton; omnivorous species; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentine; Argentine Islands; Antarc*; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.1.2022.692; https://doaj.org/article/e31f488a6d0b467c900436ebfcbb84ea

Pelagic ecosystems are changing in response to the recent climate warming. The mesozooplankton and copepods in particular are important indicators of the state of aquatic ecosystems. Zooplankton in Antarctic waters has been monitored regularly to study biodiversity, food chains, and ecological cycle...