Cross-shelf structure and distribution of mesozooplankton communities in the East-Siberian Sea and the adjacent Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ershova, Elizaveta, Kosobokova, Ksenia N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Pacific; Calanus glacialis; Chukchi; Polar Biology; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17268; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02523-2

The East-Siberian Sea (ESS) plays a significant role in circulation of surface water and biological production in the Arctic, yet due to its remote location and historically difficult sampling conditions remains the most understudied of all Arctic shelf seas, with even baseline information on biolog...