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ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
卷 69, 期 7, 页码 1263-1276出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss070
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Iceland Sea; seasonal variability; zooplankton
A large-scale study of zooplankton from surface waters and depth-stratified sampling at selected sites in the Iceland Sea was conducted during the years 2006-2008. The abundance of mesozooplankton was low during winter, when animals were mostly confined to the colder (similar to 0 degrees C) and deeper (similar to 200-1000 m) layers, and peaked during late summer (similar to 11-18 g dry weight m(-2), similar to 300 000-400 l000 ind. m(-2)), when animals resided mainly above the 50-100-m depth range. Diversity was greatest near the shelf edges and least in the central Iceland Sea. Around 32% of mesozooplankton variability was explained by six variables [longitude, year 2008, temperature, bottom depth, chlorophyll a (Chl a), and salinity]. Three main mesozooplankton communities were identified: (i) an Atlantic community in the east, with Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus spp. most abundant, (ii) an Arctic community at high latitudes, with large numbers of C. hyperboreus and C. glacialis, and (iii) a community with coastal affinities at lower latitudes, with large numbers of Temora longicornis and Acartia spp. Longitude and Chl a explained similar to 43% of macrozooplankton variability (euphausiids and amphipods). Results show that the region is a meeting place of Arctic and Atlantic species, with the copepods C. finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus, the amphipod Themisto abyssorum, and the euphausiid Thysanoessa longicaudata the key players.
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