Mesopelagic sound scattering layers of the high Arctic: Seasonal variations in biomass, species assemblage, and trophic relationships

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Geoffroy, Maxime, Daase, Malin, Cusa, Marine Lure Joana, Darnis, Gérald, Graeve, Martin, Santana Hernadez, Nestor, Berge, Jørgen, Renaud, Paul Eric, Cottier, Finlo Robert, Falk-Petersen, Stig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Medusa; Svalbard; Arctic cod; Meganyctiphanes norvegica; polar night; Themisto; Themisto libellula; Zooplankton; Copepods; Thysanoessa inermis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16859; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00364

Mesopelagic sound scattering layers (SSL) are ubiquitous in all oceans. Pelagic organisms within the SSL play important roles as prey for higher trophic levels and in climate regulation through the biological carbon pump. Yet, the biomass and species composition of SSL in the Arctic Ocean remain poo...