Zooplankton Distribution in Four Western Norwegian Fjords
FAU Institutional Repository http://purl.fcla.edu/fau/fauir This paper was submitted by the faculty of FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Notice: ©2000 Elsevier Ltd. The final published version of this manuscript is available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02727714. This article may be cited as: Gorsky, G., Flood, P. R., Youngbluth, M., Picheral, M., & Grisoni, J.‐M. (2000). Zooplankton Distribution in Four Western Norwegian Fjords. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 50(1), 129‐135. doi:10.1006/ecss.1999.0540 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2000) 50, 129–135 Article No. ecss.1999.0540, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on Zooplankton Distribution in Four Western Norwegian Fjords G. Gorskya,d, P. R. Floodb,e, M. Youngbluthc,f, M. Picherala and J.-M. Grisonia aUPMC/CNRS, ESA 7076, Observatoire Oce´anologique, B.P. 28, 06230 Villefranche sur mer, France bBathybiologica A/S, Gerhard Gransvei 58, N-Landaas, Bergen, Norway cHarbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 U.S., 1 North Ft. Pierce, Fl 34946, U.S.A. Received 10 November 1998 and accepted in revised form 15 December 1998 A multi-instrumental array constructed in the Laboratoire d’Ecologie du Plancton Marin in Villefranche sur mer, France, named the Underwater Video Profiler (UVP), was used to investigate the vertical distribution of zooplankton in four western Norwegian fjords in the summer 1996. Six distinct zoological groups were monitored. The fauna included: (a) small crustaceans (mainly copepods), (b) ctenophores (mainly lobates), (c) siphonophores (mainly physonects), (d) a scyphomedusa Periphylla periphylla, (e) chaetognaths and (f) appendicularians. The use of the non-disturbing video technique demonstrated that the distribution of large zooplankton is hetero geneous vertically and geographically.
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