The Copepoda (Calanoida, Cyclopoida) of Northern Baffin Bay and Southern Nares Strait: Their Distribution and Aspects of Their Biology.

Plankton samples collected at sixty stations in northern Baffin Bay and southern Nares Strait between 1968 and 1970 are analyzed. Thirty-six copepod species are identified. Their distributions are controlled by bathymetric and oceanographic features of these regions. Distributions of indicator speci...

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Main Author: Tidmarsh,W. Gordon
Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
(*CRUSTACEA
DISTRIBUTION)
(*ARCTIC OCEAN
CRUSTACEA)
IDENTIFICATION
LIFE CYCLES
GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
REPRODUCTION(PHYSIOLOGY)
SAMPLING
BAFFIN ISLAND
NARES STRAIT
BAFFIN BAY
BATHYMETRY
*COPEPODA
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
Nares
Arctic Basin
Baffin
Nares strait
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0759793
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Summary:Plankton samples collected at sixty stations in northern Baffin Bay and southern Nares Strait between 1968 and 1970 are analyzed. Thirty-six copepod species are identified. Their distributions are controlled by bathymetric and oceanographic features of these regions. Distributions of indicator species reflect the movement of water masses. Zoogeography is discussed. Six species belong to the Atlantic fauna; three are Atlantic expatriates. Thirty species belong to the Arctic fauna; six are Arctic Basin expatriates. Differences between the relative importance of several species in the Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay communities are discussed. Life cycles of nine species and adult female sizes of four species are analyzed and related to the presence of the North Water. (Author Modified Abstract)

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