Abundance and productivity of the pelagic ecosystem along a transect across the northern Mid Atlantic Ridge in June 2003

• Main Authors: Gudfinnson, Hafsteinn G., Debes, Høgni, Falkenhaug, Tone, Gaard, Eilif, Gislason, Ástthor, Petursdottir, Hildur, Sigurdsson, Thorsteinn, Stupnikova, Alexandra, Valdimarsson, Hedinn
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 2008
• Subjects: pelagic fish; pelagisk fisk; phytoplankton; planteplankton; zooplankton; dyreplankton; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Resource biology: 921; Irminger Sea; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Iceland; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/102672

A research cruise was conducted into the Irminger Sea west and southwest of Iceland on the Icelandic vessel Árni Friðriksson, from 4-30 June 2003, investigating redfish, Sebastes mentella, other pelagic fishes, zooplankton, phytoplankton and the hydrography of the area. Part of the cruise was devote...