A biophysical model of the interaction between vertical migration of crustacean zooplankton and circulation in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2420-2432

  Zakardjian, Bruno A ^a   Runge, Jeffrey A ^b   Plourde, Stephane ^c   Gratton, Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VERTICAL MIGRATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; COPEPODA;

EID: 0033506659     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-095     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Andersen, V., and Nival, P. 1991. A model of the diel vertical migration of zooplankton based on euphausiids. J. Mar. Res. 49: 153-175.
2. Baliño, B.M., and Aksnes, D.L. 1993. Winter distribution and migration of the sound scattering layers, zooplankton and micronekton in Masfjorden, Western Norway. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 102: 35-50.
3. Chassé, J. 1994. Modélisation tridimensionnelle de la circulation dans l'Estuaire du Saint-Laurent. Ph.D. thesis, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Qué.
4. Durbin, E.G., Gilman, S.L., Campbell, R.G., and Durbin, A.G. 1995. Abundance, biomass, vertical migration and estimated development rate of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the southern Gulf of Maine during late spring. Continental Shelf Res. 15: 571-591.
5. Eckman, J.E. 1994. Modelling the physical-biological coupling in the ocean: the U.S. GLOBEC program. Deep-Sea Res. II, 41: 1-5.
6. El-Sabh, M.I. 1979. The lower St. Lawrence estuary as a physical oceanographic system. Nat. Can. 106: 55-73.
7. Enright, J.T. 1977. Copepods in a hurry: sustained high-speed upward migration. Limnol. Oceanogr. 22: 118-125.
8. Forrester, W.D. 1974. Internal tides in the St. Lawrence estuary. J. Mar. Res. 32: 55-66.
9. Franks, P.J.S. 1992. Sink or swim: accumulation of biomass at fronts. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 82: 1-12.
10. Gorski, P.R., and Dodson, S.I. 1996. Free-swimming Daphnia pulex can avoid following Stokes' law. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41: 1815-1821.
11. Gratton, Y., Mertz, G., and Gagné, J.A. 1988. Satellite observations of tidal upwelling and mixing in the St. Lawrence estuary. J. Geophys. Res. 93(C6): 6947-6954.
12. Hannah, C.G., Naimie, C.E., Loder, J.W., and Werner, F.E. 1998. Upper-ocean transport mechanisms from the Gulf of Maine to Georges Bank, with implications for Calanus supply. Continental Shelf Res. 15: 1887-1912.
13. Heywood, K.J. 1996. Diel vertical migration of Zooplankton in the Northeast Atlantic. J. Plankton Res. 18: 163-184.
14. Hill, A.E. 1991. Vertical migration in tidal currents. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 75: 39-54.
15. Hirche, H.J. 1996. Diapause in the marine copepod Calanus finmarchicus - a review. Ophelia, 44: 129-143.
16. Huntley, M., and Brooks, E.R. 1982. Effects of age and food availability on diel vertical migration of Calanus pacificus. Mar. Biol. 71: 23-31.
17. Kaartvedt, S. 1996. Habitat preference during overwintering and timing of seasonal vertical migration of Calanus fimarchicus. Ophelia, 44: 145-156.
18. Kimmerer, W.J., and McKinnon, A.D. 1987. Zooplankton in a marine bay. 2. Vertical migration to maintain horizontal distributions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 41: 53-60.
19. Koutitonsky, V.G. 1979. Transport de masses d'eau à l'embouchure du Saint-Laurent. Nat. Can. 106: 75-88.
20. Koutitonsky, V.G., and Bugden, G.L. 1991. The physical oceanography of the gulf of St. Lawrence: a review with emphasis on the synoptic variability of the motion. In The Gulf of St. Lawrence: small ocean or big estuary? Edited by J.-C. Therriault. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 113. pp. 57-90.
21. Lynch, D.R., Gentleman, W.C., McGillicuddy, D.J., Jr., and Davis, C.S. 1998. Biological/physical simulations of Calanus finmarchicus population dynamics in the Gulf of Maine. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 169: 189-210.
22. Mertz, G., Koutitonsky, V.G., Gratton, Y., and El-Sabh, M.I. 1992. Wind-induced eddy motion in the Lower St. Lawrence estuary. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 34: 543-556.
23. Moloney, C.L., and Gibbons, M.J. 1996. Sampling and analysis of gut contents in relation to environmental variability and diel vertical migration by herbivorous zooplankton. J. Plankton Res. 18: 1535-1556.
24. Paffenhöfer, G.-A., Strickler, J.R., Lewis, K.D., and Richman, S. 1996. Motion behavior of nauplii and early copepodid stages of marine planktonik copepods. J. Plankton Res. 18: 1699-1715.
25. Plourde, S., and Runge, J.A. 1993. Reproduction of the planktonic copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary: relation to the cycle of phytoplankton production and evidence for a Calanus pump. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 102: 217-227.
26. Roach, P.J. 1972. Computational fluid dynamics. Hermosa Publishers, Albuquerque, N.Mex.
27. Runge, J.A., and Simard, Y. 1990. Zooplankton in the St. Lawrence Estuary: the imprint of physical processes on its composition and distribution. In Oceanography of a large-scale estuarine system, the St. Lawrence. Edited by M.I. El-Sabh and N. Silverberg. Coastal Estuarine Stud. No. 39. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp. 296-320.
28. Saiz, E., and Alcaraz, M. 1992. Free-swimming behavior of Acartia clausi (Copepoda: Calanoida) under turbulent water movement. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 80: 229-236.
29. Savenkoff, C., Vézina, A.F., and Gratton, Y. 1997. Effect of freshwater pulse on mesoscale circulation and phytoplankton distribution in the lower St. Lawrence estuary. J. Mar. Res. 55: 353-381.
30. Simard, Y, deLafontaine, R., and Therriault, J.-C. 1986. Aggregation of euphausiids along a coastal shelf in an upwelling environment. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 32: 203-215.
31. Slagstad, D., and Tande, K.S. 1996. The importance of seasonal vertical migration in across shelf transport of Calanus finmarchicus. Ophelia, 44: 189-205.
32. Steele, J.H., and Henderson, E.W. 1998. Vertical migration of copepods. J. Plankton Res. 20: 787-799.
33. Therriault, J.-C., and Lacroix, G. 1976. Nutrients, chlorophyll, and internal tides in the St. Lawrence Estuary. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 33: 2747-2757.
34. Therriault, J.-C., and Levasseur, M. 1985. Control of phytoplankton production in the lower St. Lawrence estuary: light and fresh-water runoff. Nat. Can. 112: 77-96.
35. Therriault, J.-C., and Levasseur, M. 1986. Freshwater runoff control of the spatio-temporal distribution of phytoplankton in the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (Canada). In The role of freshwater outflow in coastal marine ecosystems. Edited by S. Skreslet. NATO ASI Ser. Vol. G7. Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg, pp. 251-260.
36. Wiebe, P.H., Beardsley, R.C., Mountain, D.G., and Bucklin, A. 1996. Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics - initial program in Northwest Atlantic. Sea Technol. 37: 67-76.
37. Wishner, K.F., and Allison, S.K. 1986. The distribution and abundance of copepods in relation to the physical structure of the Gulf Stream. Deep-Sea Res. 33: 705-731.
38. Wroblewski, J.S. 1982. Interactions of currents and vertical migrations in maintaining Calanus marshallae in the Oregon upwelling zone. Deep-Sea Res. 29: 665-686.
39. Yamazaki, H., and Squires, K.D. 1996. Comparison of oceanic turbulence and copepod swimming. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 144: 299-301.