Seasonal Variability in the Zooplankton Community Structure in a Sub-Arctic Fjord as Revealed by Morphological and Molecular Approaches

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Coguiec, Estelle, Ershova, Elizaveta, Daase, Malin, Vonnahme, Tobias R., Wangensteen, Owen S., Gradinger, Rolf, Præbel, Kim, Berge, Jørgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Holo; Northern Norway; Pseudocalanus minutus; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2829407; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.705042

Phyto- and zooplankton in Arctic and sub-Arctic seas show very strong seasonal changes in diversity and biomass. Here we document the seasonal variability in the mesozooplankton community structure in a sub-Arctic fjord in Northern Norway based on monthly sampling between November 2018 and February...