Ctenophora in the Arctic: the abundance, distribution and predatory impact of the cydippid ctenophore Mertensia ovum (Fabricius) in the Barents Sea

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Swanberg, Neil, Båmstedt, Ulf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1991
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Norway; Bjørnøya; Calanus finmarchicus; North Norway; Polar Research; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2333; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v10i2.6762

The Ctenophora Mertensia ovum and Beroe cucumis, collected using both conventional sampling gear and scuba divers, were studied in the Barents Sea east of Bjørnøya and North Norway in spring 1987 and summer 1988. Among the gelatinous zooplankton, Mertensia ovum was the most consistently abundant cop...