Horizontal and vertical dynamics of zooplankton and larval fish communities during mid-summer in Disko Bay, West Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Munk, Peter, Nielsen, Torkel Gissel, Hansen, Benni Winding
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2015
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Disko Bank; Greenland; Boreogadus saida; Disko Bay; Mesozooplankton; polar cod; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fbv034v1; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbv034

Disko Bay is a highly productive inlet at the border between high- and low-arctic sectors of west Greenland. The physical/chemical conditions in the bay have changed during recent decades, specifically during an inflow event in 1996–1997 that led to increased deep-water temperatures. To further unde...