Interannual changes in zooplankton on the West Spitsbergen Shelf in relation to hydrography and their consequences for the diet of planktivorous seabirds

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 890-901

  Kwasniewski, Slawomir ^a   Gluchowska, Marta ^a   Walkusz, Wojciech ^a,b   Karnovsky, Nina J ^c   Jakubas, Dariusz ^d   Wojczulanis Jakubas, Katarzyna ^d   Harding, Ann M A ^e   Goszczko, Ilona ^a   Cisek, Malgorzata ^a   Beszczynska Mller, Agnieszka ^a,f   Walczowski, Waldemar ^a   Weslawski, Jan M ^a   Stempniewicz, Lech ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^e ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Calanus; climate change; seabirds; Spitsbergen; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD WATER; CRUSTACEAN; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTIVORE; SEABIRD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALLE ALLE; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CALANUS GLACIALIS; COPEPODA; PINGUINUS;

EID: 84863564400     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss076     Document Type: Article

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