Annual population dynamics of the small harpacticoid copepod Microsetella norvegica in a high latitude fjord (Balsfjord, Northern Norway)

• Main Author: Antonsen, Maria Terese
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2014
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; BIO-3950; Arctic; Balsfjord; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/7143

Annual population dynamics and vertical distribution of the small (< 0.6 mm) hapacticoid copepod, Microsetella norvegica, was investigated through monthly sampling at station Svartnes in Balsfjord, Northern Norway from May 2013 to June 2014. M. norvegica is a pelagic particle feeder, and distribu...