Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i>

W. Melle; J. A. Runge; E. Head; S. Plourde; C. Castellani; P. Licandro; J. Pierson; S. H. Jónasdóttir; C. Johnson; C. Broms; H. Debes; T. Falkenhaug; E. Gaard; A. Gislason; M. R. Heath; B. Niehoff; T. G. Nielsen; P. Pepin; E. K. Stenevik; G. Chust

doi:10.5194/essd-7-223-2015

Earth System Science Data (Aug 2015)

Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i>

W. Melle,
J. A. Runge,
E. Head,
S. Plourde,
C. Castellani,
P. Licandro,
J. Pierson,
S. H. Jónasdóttir,
C. Johnson,
C. Broms,
H. Debes,
T. Falkenhaug,
E. Gaard,
A. Gislason,
M. R. Heath,
B. Niehoff,
T. G. Nielsen,
P. Pepin,
E. K. Stenevik,
G. Chust

Affiliations

W. Melle: Institute of Marine Research, Research Group Plankton, P.O. Box 1870, 5817 Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
J. A. Runge: School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, 350 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101, USA
E. Head: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
S. Plourde: Pêches et Océans Canada, Direction des Sciences océaniques et Environnementales, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, 850 route de la Mer, C.P. 1000 Mont-Joli, QC G5H 3Z4, Canada
C. Castellani: Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
P. Licandro: Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
J. Pierson: Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 2020 Horns Point Road, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA
S. H. Jónasdóttir: National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Jægersborgs Allé 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
C. Johnson: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada
C. Broms: Institute of Marine Research, Research Group Plankton, P.O. Box 1870, 5817 Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
H. Debes: Faroe Marine Research Institute, Box 3051, 110 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
T. Falkenhaug: Institute of Marine Research, Research Group Plankton, P.O. Box 1870, 5817 Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
E. Gaard: Faroe Marine Research Institute, Box 3051, 110 Torshavn, Faroe Islands
A. Gislason: Marine Research Institute, Skulagata 4, P.O. Box 1390, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland
M. R. Heath: MASTS Marine Population Modeling Group, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XH, Scotland, UK
B. Niehoff: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Polar Biological Oceanography, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
T. G. Nielsen: National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Jægersborgs Allé 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark
P. Pepin: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, P.O. Box 5667, St. John's, NL A1C 5X1, Canada
E. K. Stenevik: Institute of Marine Research, Research Group Plankton, P.O. Box 1870, 5817 Nordnes, Bergen, Norway
G. Chust: AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Txatxarramendi ugartea, 48395 Sukarrieta, Spain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 2
pp. 223 – 230

Abstract

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Here we present a new, pan-North-Atlantic compilation of data on key mesozooplankton species, including the most important copepod, Calanus finmarchicus. Distributional data of eight representative zooplankton taxa, from recent (2000–2009) Continuous Plankton Recorder data, are presented, along with basin-scale data of the phytoplankton colour index. Then we present a compilation of data on C. finmarchicus, including observations of abundance, demography, egg production and female size, with accompanying data on temperature and chlorophyll. This is a contribution by Canadian, European and US scientists and their institutions: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.820732, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.824423, http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.828393 (please also see Melle et al., 2013; Castellani and Licandro, 2013; Jónasdóttir et al., 2014).

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