Distribution and abundance of micronekton and macrozooplankton in the NW Weddell Sea: relation to a spring ice-edge bloom

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Donnelly, Joseph, Sutton,Tracey T., Torres, Joseph J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag. 2005
• Subjects: Nekton > Antarctica > Weddell Sea; Zooplankton > Antarctica > Weddell Sea; Marine phytoplankton > Antarctica > Weddell Sea; Climatic changes > Congresses; Sea ice > Antarctica; Weddell Sea; Austral; Weddell; Donnelly; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-005-0051-z; http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=2796073

Micronekton and macrozooplankton were collected during the austral spring of 1993 in the NW Weddell Sea. Sampling was done in three areas of the marginal ice zone: pack ice, ice edge, and open water, to examine the short-term effects of the spring phytoplankton bloom on the distribution and abundanc...