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Falk-Petersen, Stig; Leu, Eva; Berge, Jørgen; Kwasniewski, Slawomir; Nygård, Henrik; Røstad, Anders; Keskinen, Essi; Thormar, Jonas; von Quillfeldt, Cecilie; Wold, Anette; Gulliksen, Bjørn (2008): Zooplankton and phytoplankton abundance, and stomach content of polar cod in the southern Arctic Ocean and Rijpfjorden [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786699, Supplement to: Falk-Petersen, S et al. (2008): Vertical migration in high Arctic waters during autumn 2004. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(20-21), 2275-2284, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.010

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Abstract:
The diel vertical migration (DVM) of zooplankton and pelagic fish in the southern Arctic Ocean (82°N) and in Rijpfjorden (Svalbard, Nordaustlandet, 80°N) was investigated in autumn 2004, when there were distinct differences in light conditions between day and night. We collected data on zooplankton and fish distribution using plankton nets, trawls, and an echo sounder together with data on environmental parameters including sea-ice distribution, hydrography, and in situ fluorescence in the water column. In Rijpfjorden, the Arctic phytoplankton bloom had culminated several weeks prior to the present study and all three Calanus species had migrated down to depths for over wintering and did not show any changes in vertical distribution. However, in the Arctic Ocean pack ice at 82°N, Calanus hyperboreus, was found in high abundances (up to 65 ind/m**3) actively feeding on the Arctic bloom in September. They performed a classic DVM, feeding in the upper 50 m during the night and descending to depths below 50 m during the day. In Rijpfjorden, distinct DVM patterns were observed among the amphipod Themisto libellula, adult and juvenile stages of the pteropod Limacina helicina, and polar cod. Polar cod in Rijpfjorden fed on Calanus spp. and on L. helicina. We conclude that animals display DVM in the Arctic during autumn if they need to feed in food-rich surface waters.
Keyword(s):
ipy
Project(s):
International Polar Year (2007-2008) (IPY)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 81.069980 * Median Longitude: 19.750000 * South-bound Latitude: 80.283300 * West-bound Longitude: 11.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 82.500000 * East-bound Longitude: 22.250000
Date/Time Start: 2004-09-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2004-09-06T00:00:00
Comment:
Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Falk-Petersen, S; Leu, E; Berge, J et al. (2008): (Table 4) Occurrence of phytoplankton and ice algal species at ice stations 1 and 2, Arctic Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786697
  2. Falk-Petersen, S; Leu, E; Berge, J et al. (2008): (Table 5) Abundance of mesozooplankton in the upper 1200 m at ice stations 1 and 2, Arctic Ocean. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786698
  3. Falk-Petersen, S; Leu, E; Berge, J et al. (2008): (Table 3) Stomach contents of Boreogadus saida specimens obtained during trawling at Rijpfjorden. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786696
  4. Falk-Petersen, S; Leu, E; Berge, J et al. (2008): (Table 1) Zooplankton counts and volumes from Tucker trawl samples at Rijpfjorden. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786694
  5. Falk-Petersen, S; Leu, E; Berge, J et al. (2008): (Table 2) Zooplankton counts and volumes from pelagic trawl samples at Rijpfjorden. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786695