DISTRIBUTION OF ZOOPLANKTON IN THE KURILE-KAMCHATKA REGION OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

• Main Authors: Bogorov,V. G., Vinogradov,M. E.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; (*PLANKTON; PACIFIC OCEAN); DISTRIBUTION; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; OCEAN BOTTOM SAMPLING; SAMPLERS; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; MAPS; VOLUME; USSR; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SUMMER; TRANSLATIONS; Kamchatskiy; Kamchatskiy Proliv; Pacific; Petropavlovsk; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0668629; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0668629

In spring the biomass of zooplankton reaches its maximum value exceeding 500mg/cu m in the 0-100m layer and occupying a belt 30-50 miles wide; this belt deflects somewhat from the Kurile Islands, namely, from the southernmost stations of the investigated area to the latitude of Petropavlovsk and the...