Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic, by manual counting methods, and egg production of Calanus finmarchicus

• Main Authors: Melle, W., Runge, J. A., Head, E., Plourde, S., Castellani, C., Licandro, P., Pierson, J., Jonasdottir, S. H., Johnson, C., Broms, C., Debes, H., Falkenhaug, T., Gaard, E., Gislason, A., Heath, M. R., Niehoff, B., Nielsen, T. G., Pepin, P., Stenevik, E. K., Chust, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Probabilities. Mathematical statistics; Oceanography; Calanus finmarchicus; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/50015/; https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/50015/4/Melle_etal_ESSDD2014_biogeography_of_key_mesozooplankton_species.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/essdd-7-225-2014

Here we present a new, pan-Atlantic compilation of data on key mesozooplankton species, including the possibly most important copepod, Calanus finmarchicus. Distributional data of ten representative zooplankton taxa, from recent (2000–2009) Continuous Plankton Recorder data, are presented, along with basin-scale data of the phytoplankton colour index. Then we present a compilation of data on C. finmarchicus including observations of abundance, demography, egg production and female size with accompanying data on temperature and chlorophyll. This is a contribution by Canadian, European and US scientists and their institutions. http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.820732, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.824423, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.828393