Seasonal changes in mesozooplankton swimmer community and fecal pellets collected by sediment trap moored at the Northwind Abyssal Plain in the western Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Matsuno, Kohei, Yamaguchi, Atsushi, Fujiwara, Amane, Onodera, Jonaotaro, Watanabe, Eiji, Harada, Naomi, Kikuchi, Takashi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 北海道大学大学院水産科学研究院
• Subjects: meroplanktonic larvae; amphipods; sediment trap; fecal pellets; western Arctic Ocean; 660; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Northwind Abyssal Plain; Sea ice; Themisto; Themisto libellula; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/62649; https://doi.org/10.14943/bull.fish.66.2.77

In the western Arctic Ocean, the long sea ice coverage period prevents year-round seasonal zooplankton sampling by ordinary ship-board observation. To overcome these problems, the analysis of zooplankton swimmers in samples collected by a year-round moored sediment trap may be a powerful tool. In th...