Composition and distribution of copepods, a major prey of capelin in the central Barents Sea, in moderate and warm years

The dynamics of copepod development are described and suggestions made as to how they may have influenced the formation of capelin feeding grounds in the central Barents Sea during summer and autumn of 1984, 1989, and 1992. Interannual differences in spatial, species, and age structure of plankton a...

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Published in:ICES Journal of Marine Science
Main Authors: Orlova, Emma L., Boitsov, Vladimir D., Nesterova, Valentina N., Ushakov, Nikolai G.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2002
Subjects:
Regular Articles
Barents Sea
Copepods
Online Access:http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/59/5/1053
https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2002.1256
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Summary:The dynamics of copepod development are described and suggestions made as to how they may have influenced the formation of capelin feeding grounds in the central Barents Sea during summer and autumn of 1984, 1989, and 1992. Interannual differences in spatial, species, and age structure of plankton are discussed, and their relationships with environmental factors are shown. Some common features of seasonal variation in plankton biomass, including predation by capelin, are traced.

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