Dataset 96

Structure and function of contemporary food webs on Arctic shelves A panarctic comparison. The pelagic system of the Kara Sea- communities and components of carbon flow (ArcOD/AOOS)

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Realm: Marine
Climate: Polar
Biome: Polar ecoregions
Central latitude: 78.976041
Central longitude: 83.860240
Duration: 4 years, from 1997 to 2001

2633 records

100 distinct species

Across the time series Copepoda is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Zooplankton nets used for vertical zooplankton tows during cruises of RV Dalnye Selentsye. RV Polarstern. and RV Boris Petrov:RV Dalnye Selentsye: Juday net. Area: 0.1m2. Mesh: 180 um. Time: Oct. 2000RV Polarstern: Multi net. Area: 0.25 m2. Mesh: 155 um. Time: Sep. 1995. Sep. 1996RV Boris Petrov: Nansen net. Area: 0.44 m2. Mesh: 155 um. Time: Aug./Sep. 1997. 1999. 2000. 2001 Unit of abundance = IndCountInt, Unit of biomass = NA

Citation(s)

Hirche, H.-J., Kosobokova, K., Gaye-Haake, B., Harms, I., Meon, B. & Nöthig, E.-M. (2006) Structure and function of contemporary food webs on Arctic shelves: A panarctic comparison: The pelagic system of the Kara Sea–Communities and components of carbon flow. Originator: B. Meon and E.-M. Nöthig. Available at: http://www.iobis.org/mapper/?dataset=4396, accessed 2012.
Hirche, H.-J., Kosobokova, K., Gaye-Haake, B., Harms, I., Meon, B. & Nöthig, E.-M. (2006) Structure and function of contemporary food webs on Arctic shelves: A panarctic comparison: The pelagic system of the Kara Sea–Communities and components of carbon flow. Progress in Oceanography, 71, 288-313.