The spatio-temporal distribution of zooplankton communities in the Southern Ocean south of Australia : high resolution sampling by the Continuous Plankton Recorder and its implications for long-term monitoring

• Main Author: Hunt, Brian Peter Vere
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Zooplankton; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weaver; Antarc*; Euphausia superba; Copepods
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20612/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20612/1/whole_HuntBrianPeterVere2005_thesis.pdf

The Polar regions are considered to be particularly susceptible to the effects of climate change. Although there is evidence for warming in the Antarctic during the last century, few long-term ecological monitoring programmes have been initiated in this region. Zooplankton have been demonstrated to...