Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition
Sea ice is an influential feature in Southern Ocean-Antarctic marine environments creating a 2-phase vertical ecosystem. The lack of information on how this system influences community structure during the winter-spring transition, however, is largely lacking. Zooplankton form the link that bridges...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:104390 2023-05-15T14:03:25+02:00 Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition Wallis, JR Swadling, KM Everett, JD Suthers, IM Jones, HJ Buchanan, PJ Crawford, CM James, LC Johnson, R Meiners, KM Virtue, P Westwood, K Kawaguchi, S 2015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.10.002 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/104390 en eng Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.10.002 Wallis, JR and Swadling, KM and Everett, JD and Suthers, IM and Jones, HJ and Buchanan, PJ and Crawford, CM and James, LC and Johnson, R and Meiners, KM and Virtue, P and Westwood, K and Kawaguchi, S, Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition, Deep-Sea Research: Part II, 131 pp. 170-181. ISSN 0967-0645 (2015) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/104390 Earth Sciences Oceanography Biological Oceanography Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2015 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.10.002 2019-12-13T22:05:44Z Sea ice is an influential feature in Southern Ocean-Antarctic marine environments creating a 2-phase vertical ecosystem. The lack of information on how this system influences community structure during the winter-spring transition, however, is largely lacking. Zooplankton form the link that bridges these environments, with the meiofaunal and algal communities within sea ice directly influencing the epipelagic zooplankton community at the ice-water interface. A combination of methods including sea-ice coring, umbrella net sampling and Laser Optical Plankton Counter were used to describe the vertical structure of zooplankton and meiofaunal communities. The distribution of meiofauna and chlorophyll a both played important roles in structuring the zooplankton community within this dynamic region. Many dominant taxa, including Calanus propinquus and Oithona similis , directly responded to the high availability of algae present within the bottom strata of sea ice. The sea-ice associated species Stephos longipes represented a strong link between this 2-phase ecosystem. Observations of the vertical distribution of biomass obtained from the LOPC suggests that the responses of these species to the sea ice directly influences the vertical structure of zooplankton during the winter-spring transition. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Sea ice Southern Ocean eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic Southern Ocean Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 131 170 181 |
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Sea ice is an influential feature in Southern Ocean-Antarctic marine environments creating a 2-phase vertical ecosystem. The lack of information on how this system influences community structure during the winter-spring transition, however, is largely lacking. Zooplankton form the link that bridges these environments, with the meiofaunal and algal communities within sea ice directly influencing the epipelagic zooplankton community at the ice-water interface. A combination of methods including sea-ice coring, umbrella net sampling and Laser Optical Plankton Counter were used to describe the vertical structure of zooplankton and meiofaunal communities. The distribution of meiofauna and chlorophyll a both played important roles in structuring the zooplankton community within this dynamic region. Many dominant taxa, including Calanus propinquus and Oithona similis , directly responded to the high availability of algae present within the bottom strata of sea ice. The sea-ice associated species Stephos longipes represented a strong link between this 2-phase ecosystem. Observations of the vertical distribution of biomass obtained from the LOPC suggests that the responses of these species to the sea ice directly influences the vertical structure of zooplankton during the winter-spring transition. |
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Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition |
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Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition |
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Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition |
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Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition |
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Zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the East Antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition |
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zooplankton abundance and biomass size spectra in the east antarctic sea-ice zone during the winter-spring transition |
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