Non-consumptive mortality in copepods: occurrence of Calanus spp. carcasses in the Arctic Ocean during winter

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Daase, Malin, Varpe, Øystein, Falk-Petersen, Stig
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2013
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Rijpfjorden; Sofiadjupet; Svalbard; Arctic copepod; Rijpfjord*; Copepods
• Online Access: http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fbt079v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbt079

During a research cruise to the Arctic Ocean in January 2012, we observed high occurrence of carcasses of Calanus spp. We analysed live samples to separate living from dead individuals. In Rijpfjorden, an Arctic fjord in north-eastern Svalbard, 9–14% of the Calanus population were observed to be dea...