Zooplankton communities on the Northeast coast of Greenland. How can we explain vertical and regional distribution?

• Main Author: Beroujon, Théo
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; Abundance; Arctic; Baseline study; Environmental parameters; Image analysis; Northeast Greenland; Spatial distribution; Video Plankton Recorder; Zooplankton communities; Zooplankton habitat; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; BIO-3950; Dove Bugt; Greenland; Open Bay; Bessel fjord; Climate change; Dove bugt; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15940

Most studies on zooplankton investigate the famous, and omnipresent, Calanoid copepods Calanus spp., because they are abundant, and constitute the major trophic link in marine ecosystems. Indeed, Northeast Greenland is located on the crossroad of Arctic and Atlantic waters which, potentially, can le...