Lipid in an arctic food chain: Calanus, Bolinopsis, Beroe

• Published in: Sarsia
• Main Authors: Clarke, Andrew, Holmes, Lesley J., Hopkins, Christopher C.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor and Francis 1987
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Arctic; Svalbard; Raudfjorden; Calanus glacialis; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522608/; https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1987.10419704

The zooplankton of the fjords of Svalbard in late summer is dominated by copepodites of Calanus glacialis (JASCHNOV). These are consumed by, among others, the lobate ctenophore Bolinopsis infundibulum (O.F. MÜLLER), which is in turn preyed upon by the larger ctenophore Beroe cucumis (FABRICIUS). Thi...