Winter-spring development of the zooplankton community below sea ice in the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Hop, H, Wold, A, Meyer, A, Bailey, A, Hatlebakk, M, Kwasniewski, S, Leopold, P, Kuklinski, P, Soreide, JE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2021
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Biological oceanography; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Calanus finmarchicus; Mesozooplankton; Nansen Basin; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Yermak plateau; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.609480; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/145094

The impact of the rapidly changing Arctic on zooplankton community structure and seasonal behaviour is not yet understood. Here we examine 6 months of under-ice zooplankton observations from the N-ICE2015 expedition (January to June 2015) in the Nansen Basin and on the Yermak Plateau north of Svalba...