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Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015
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Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
Review article
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26 Aug 2015
Review article |  | 26 Aug 2015

Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of Calanus finmarchicus

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, and G. Chust

Abstract. 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).

How to cite. Melle, W., Runge, J. A., Head, E., Plourde, S., Castellani, C., Licandro, P., Pierson, J., Jónasdóttir, S. H., Johnson, C., Broms, C., Debes, H., Falkenhaug, T., Gaard, E., Gislason, A., Heath, M. R., Niehoff, B., Nielsen, T. G., Pepin, P., Stenevik, E. K., and Chust, G.: Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of Calanus finmarchicus, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 7, 223–230, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-223-2015, 2015.
Received: 04 Feb 2014 – Discussion started: 25 Apr 2014 – Revised: 18 Jun 2015 – Accepted: 23 Jun 2015 – Published: 26 Aug 2015