Impact of grazin from capelin (Mallotus villosus) on zooplankton: a case study in the northern Barents Sea in August 1985

• Main Authors: Hassel, Arne, Skjoldal, Hein Rune, Gjøsæter, Harald, Loeng, Harald, Omli, Lena
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 1991
• Subjects: capelin; lodde; zooplankton; planteplankton; distribution; utbredelse; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Barents Sea; Hopen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/104932

The distribution of capelin was mapped in the area east of Hopen. Zooplankton was sampled with Juday net and 1m^2 MOCNESS sampler, and analyzed with respect to hydrography and capelin abundance. The capelin "front" coincided more or less with the physical polar front, and this complicated...