Giesta da Silva, Teresa Sofia (2017): Distribution, maturity and population structure of Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Thysanoessa inermis around Iceland in spring [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.873054, Supplement to: Giesta da Silva, Teresa Sofia; Gislason, Astthor; Astthorsson, Olafur S; Marteinsdóttir, Gudrún (2017): Distribution, maturity and population structure of Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Thysanoessa inermis around Iceland in spring. PLoS ONE, 12(11), e0187360, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187360
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Abstract:
This study aims to explain the distribution, maturity and population structure of Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Thysanoessa inermis in springtime in relation to main hydrographic regions around Iceland: Atlantic in the southwest, Atlantic-Arctic mixture in the north and Arctic in the east. Krill were collected 14-29 May 2013 using a macrozooplankton trawl. Biomass of both species combined was significantly higher in southwest than in north and east. M. norvegica clearly dominated in Atlantic waters, whereas T. inermis was more evenly distributed around the island, while the highest values were also observed in the southwest for this species. Simple linear regressions showed that the abundance of M. norvegica was positively related to temperature, salinity and phytoplankton concentration, while the abundance of T. inermis was negatively related to bathymetry. Multiple linear regression analyses did not add to this information of a positive relationship between abundance and temperature for M. norvegica, while T. inermis was shown to be negatively related to both temperature and bathymetry. During the latter half of May, the main spawning of both species was confined to the regions off the southwest coast. Sex ratio (males/females) of M. norvegica was higher in southwest than in the north and east, whereas T. inermis showed a similar sex ratio all around the island. In all regions, M. norvegica appears to have a life span of 2-years while T. inermis of 1-year in the southwest and possibly 2-years in north and east.
Project(s):
Basin Scale Analysis, Synthesis and Integration (EURO-BASIN)
Funding:
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant/award no. 264933: Basin Scale Analysis, Synthesis and Integration
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 65.675774 * Median Longitude: -18.444303 * South-bound Latitude: 62.717667 * West-bound Longitude: -27.049167 * North-bound Latitude: 67.978833 * East-bound Longitude: -9.008667
Date/Time Start: 2013-05-14T21:15:00 * Date/Time End: 2013-05-29T10:18:00
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series
- Giesta da Silva, TS (2017): Abundance and biomass of Krill around Iceland during BS03-2013 in May 2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.873051
- Giesta da Silva, TS (2017): Distribution, maturity and population structure of Krill around Iceland during BS03-2013 in May 2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.873053
- Giesta da Silva, TS (2017): Temperature, salinity and phytoplankton concentration around Iceland during BS03-2013 in May 2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.873052