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Journal of Plankton Research 2007 29(10):903-911; doi:10.1093/plankt/fbm068
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The inf luence of advection on Calanus near Svalbard: statistical relations between salinity, temperature and copepod abundance

Malin Daase1,*, Jon Olav Vik2, Espen Bagøien3, Nils Christian Stenseth2 and Ketil Eiane1

1 University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), PO Box 156, 9171 Longyearbyen, Norway 2 Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway 3 Programme for Plankton Biology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway

* Corresponding Author: malin.daase{at}unis.no

Received on January 4, 2007; accepted on August 31, 2007


  Abstract

We quantify statistical relationships between hydrography and abundance of Calanus spp. in the Arctic–Atlantic transition zone around Svalbard (78–82°N) during early autumn. The Atlantic species C. finmarchicus was more abundant in warmer and more saline waters, as expected from its distributional core area. Conversely, the Arctic species C. hyperboreus was more abundant in colder and fresher waters. However, the Arctic species C. glacialis showed opposing relationships with hydrography in shallow compared with deep regions. In shallow waters, the numbers of C. glacialis decreased with temperature and salinity as expected, while somewhat surprisingly the opposite trend was found in deep locations. Sub-surface hydrography between 50–150 m was in most cases a better predictor for Calanus spp. abundance than near-surface conditions, the former generally explaining up to ~50% of the variability in abundance of each species. Despite finding significant relationships between hydrographic properties and the abundance of each of the three Calanus species, we did not detect significant relationships between the total Calanus biomass and temperature.

Communicating editor: R.P. Karris


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