Arctic complexity: A case study on diel vertical migration of zooplankton

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1279-1297

  Berge, JØrgen ^a,b   Cottier, Finlo ^c   Varpe, Øystein ^b,d   Renaud, Paul E ^b,d   Falk Petersen, Stig ^a,d   Kwasniewski, Sawomir ^e   Griffiths, Colin ^c   SØreide, Janne E ^b   Johnsen, Geir ^b,f   Aubert, Anais ^a,b   Bjærke, Oda ^b   Hovinen, Johanna ^b,g   Jung Madsen, Signe ^b   Tveit, Martha ^b   Majaneva, Sanna ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

acoustics; ADCP; Arctic; complexity; diel vertical migration; light regime; physical forcing; predator prey interactions; water masses; zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMPLEXITY; DIEL VARIATION; IRRADIANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER MASS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84908305415     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbu059     Document Type: Article

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