A new way to look at mesoscale zooplankton distributions: An application at the Antarctic Polar Front

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3917-3929

  Velez Belchi P ^a,b   Allen, J T ^c   Strass, V H ^d  

^a Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

HYDROGRAPHIC FEATURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; DIEL MIGRATION; POLAR FRONT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036376175     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00117-0     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Allen, J.T., Smeed, D.A., 1996. Potential vorticity and vertical velocity at the Iceland-Færœs Front. Journal of Physical Oceanography 26, 2611-2634.
2. Allen, J.T., Fischer, H., Griffiths, M.J., Pollard, R.T., Read, J.F., Strass, V.H., 1996. Acoustic Doppler current profiler data collected on FS Polarsten cruise Antares XIII/2 4 December 1995-24 January 1996. Southampton Oceanogaphy Centre, Internal Document No. 8, 46pp.
3. Allen, J.T., Ruiz, S., Smeed, D.A., Tintor, J., 2001. Mesoscale subduction at the Almeria-Oran front. Part 1: ageostrophic flow. Journal of Marine Systems 30, 263-285.
4. Anderson, V., Nival, P., 1991. A model of the diel vertical migration of zooplankton based on euphausiids. Journal of Marine Research 49, 153-175.
5. Bathmann, U., Lucas, M., Smetacek, V. (Eds.), 1997. The Expeditions ANTARKTIS XIII/1-2 of the Research Vessel "Polarstern" in 1995/96, Vol. 221. Alfred-Wegener Institut für Polarund Meeresforschung, Berichte zur Polarforschung, 136pp.
6. Fielding, S., Crisp, N., Allen, J.T., Hartman, M.C., Rabe, B., Roe, H.S.J., 2001. Mesoscale subduction at the Almeria - Oran front. Part 2: biophysical interactions. Journal of Marine Systems 30, 287-304.
7. Flagg, C.N., Smith, S.L., 1989. On the use of the acoustic Doppler current profiler to measure zooplankton abundance. Deep-Sea Research I 36, 455-474.
8. Foote, K.G., 1993. Application of acoustics in fisheries, with particular reference to signal processing. In: Moura, J.M.F., Lourtie, I.M.G. (Eds.), Acoustic Signal Processing for Ocean Exploration. Copyright Canadian Government, Printed in the Netherlands, pp. 371-390.
9. Franke, R., 1988. Statistical interpolation by iteration. Monthly Weathers Review 116, 961-963.
10. GLOBEC, 1991. Gloal Ecosystem Dynamics, Initial Science Report N1. Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Washington, DC, USA, 93pp.
11. Griffiths, G., Diaz, J.I., 1996. Comparison of acoustic backscatter measurements from a ship-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler and an EK500 scientific echo-sounder. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53, 487-491.
12. Griffiths, G., Roe, H.S.J., 1993. Acoustic Doppler current profilers-a tool for both physical and biological oceanographers. International Conference on Acoustic Sensing and Imaging, London, Vol. 369, pp. 178-182.
13. Han, B.-P., Straškraba, M., 1998. Modelling patterns of zooplankton diel vertical migration. Journal of Plankton Research 20 (8), 1463-1487.
14. Heywood, K.J., Scrope-Howe, S., Barton, E.D., 1991. Estimation of zooplankton abundance from shipborne ADCP backscatter. Deep-Sea Research I 38, 677-691.
15. Kristensen, A., Dalen, J., 1986. Acoustic estimation of size distribution and abundance of zooplankton. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 80 (2), 601-611.
16. Merewether, R., Gast, J., 1987. Test results of 76 mm acoustic window on ADCP performance RD Instruments Application Note No. 9, 10 pp.
17. Naveira Garabato, A.C., Allen, J.T., Leach, H., Strass, V.H., Pollard, R.T., 2001. Mesoscale subduction at the Antarctic Polar Front driven by baroclinic instability. Journal of Physical Oceanography 31, 2087-2107.
18. Plueddemann, A.J., Pinkel, R., 1989. Characterization of the patterns of diel migration using a Dopple sonar. Deep-Sea Research I 4, 509-530.
19. Pollard, R.T., 1986. Frontal surveys with a towed profiling concuctivity-temperature-depth measurement package (SEASOAR). Nature 323, 433-435.
20. Pollard, R.T., Read, J.F., Allen, J.T., Griffiths, G., Morrison, A.I., 1995. On the structure of a front in the Bellingshausen Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 42, 955-982.
21. Pollard, R.T., Bathmann, U., Dubischar, C., Read, J.F., Lucas, M., 2002. Zooplankton distribution and behaviour in the Southern Ocean from surveys with a towed Optical Plankton Counter. Deep-Sea Research II 49 (17), 3889-3915.
22. RD instruments, 1990. Calculating absolute backscatter. Technical Bulletin ADCP-90-04, RD instruments, San Diego, CA, USA, 24pp. Richards, S.A., Possingham, H.P., Noye, J., 1996. Diel vertical migration: modelling light-mediated mechanisms. Journal of Plankton Research 18 (12), 2199-2222.
23. Richards, S.A., Possingham, H.P., Noye, J., 1996. Diel vertical migration: modelling light-mediated mechanisms. Journal of Plankton Research 18 (12), 2199-2222.
24. Robinson Allan, R., 1983. Eddies in Marine Science. Springer, Berlin, 610pp.
25. Roe, H.S.J., 1983. Vertical distributions of euphausiids and fish in relation to light intensity in the Northeastern Atlantic. Marine Biology 77, 287-298.
26. Roe, H.S.J., 1984. The diel migrations and distributions within a mesopelagic community in the North East Atlantic - 2. Vertical migrations and feeding of Mysids and decapod crustacea. Progress in Oceanography 13, 269-318.
27. Roe, H.S.J., Griffiths, G., 1993. Biological information from an acoustic Doppler current profiler. Marine Biology 115, 339-346.
28. Roe, H.S.J., Griffiths, G., Hartaman, M., Lane, L.D., 1994. Bioacoustics: a remote in situ measure of biological variability. Oceanology International '94 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2, No. 11, Brighton, UK, 8-11 March, 1994.
29. Smith, P.E., Ohman, M.D., Eber, L.E., 1989. Analysis of the patterns of distribution of zooplankton aggregations from an acoustic Doppler current profiler. Report of Californian Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI), Vol. 30, pp. 88-103.
30. Strass, V.M., 1992. Chlorophyll patchiness cause by messcale upwelling at fronts. Deep-Sea Research I 39, 39-96.
31. Strass, V.M., Naveira-Garabato, A.C., Pollard, R.T., Fischer, H., Hense, I., Allen, J.T., Read, J.F., Leach, H., Smetacek, V., 2002. Mesoscale frontal dynamics: shaping the environment of primary production in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep-Sea Research II 49 (17), 3735-3769.
32. Watson, A.J., Robinson, C., Robertson, R.E., Le, P.J., Williams, B., Fasham, M.J.R., 1991. Spatial variability in the sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide in the North Atlantic. Nature 350, 50-53.
33. Weeks, A.R., Griffiths, G., Roe, H., Moore, G., Robinson, I.S., Atkinson, A., Shreeves, R., 1995. The distribution of acoustic backscatter from zooplankton compared with physical structure, phytoplankton and radiance during the spring bloom in the Bellingshausen Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 42, 997-1019.
34. Woods, J.D., 1988. Mesoscale upwelling and primary production. In: Rothschild, B.J. (Ed.), Toward a Theory of Biological-Physical Interactions in the World Ocean. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, North-Holland, pp. 7-38.