Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic, by manual counting methods, and egg production of Calanus finmarchicus

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: Melle, W., Runge, J. A., Head, E., Plourde, S., Castellani, C., Licandro, P., Pierson, J., Jonasdottir, Sigrun, Johnson, C., Broms, C., Debes, H., Falkenhaug, T., Gaard, E., Gislason, A., Heath, M. R., Niehoff, B., Nielsen, Torkel Gissel, Pepin, P., Stenevik, E. K., Chust, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TENDOkdlb2xvZ3k~; TENDOlNjaWVuY2U~; LCC:Geology; LCC:QE1-996.5; LCC:Science; LCC:Q; Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/70c32019-aceb-481b-bbea-6102335ac3ff; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/115127151/Publishers_version.pdf

Here we present a new, pan-Atlantic compilation of data on key mesozooplankton species, including the possibly most important copepod, Calanus finmarchicus . Distributional data of ten representative zooplankton taxa, from recent (2000–2009) Continuous Plankton Recorder data, are presented, along with basin-scale data of the phytoplankton colour index. Then we present a compilation of data on C. finmarchicus including observations of abundance, demography, egg production and female size with accompanying data on temperature and chlorophyll. This is a contribution by Canadian, European and US scientists and their institutions. http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.820732, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.824423, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.828393.