Macrozooplankton and micronekton community structure and diel vertical migration in the Heard Island Region, Central Kerguelen Plateau

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Hunt, BPV, Swadling, KM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2021
• Subjects: Kerguelen Plateau; food webs; top predators; zooplankton; nekton; macrozooplankton; micronekton; mesopelagic; vertical migration; community structure; Antarctic; Heard island; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Kerguelen Islands; Indian; Fawn Trough; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/42485/

The Kerguelen Plateau is the largest topographic barrier to the eastward flowing Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean. The plateau is separated into a northern and southern plateau by the Fawn Trough. The northern plateau has a shallow bathymetry (Polar Fron...