Behavioural differences in relation to pycnoclines during vertical migration of the euphausiids Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars) and Thysanoessa raschii (M. Sars)

An observation on differences in the vertical migration pattern between Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars) and Thysanoessa raschii (M. Sars) caused by the presence of a thermocline is reported. Generally, M.norvegica did not migrate through a thermocline at 50–60 m depth while T.raschii did. This o...

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Published in:Journal of Plankton Research
Main Authors: Bergström, Bo, Strömberg, Jarl-Ove
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1997
Subjects:
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Meganyctiphanes norvegica
Thysanoessa raschii
Online Access:http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/19/2/255
https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/19.2.255
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Summary:An observation on differences in the vertical migration pattern between Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars) and Thysanoessa raschii (M. Sars) caused by the presence of a thermocline is reported. Generally, M.norvegica did not migrate through a thermocline at 50–60 m depth while T.raschii did. This observation is discussed in the context of how the combination of differences in vertical migration and advection over sill depth may affect the abundance of fjord stocks of these two euphausiid species.

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