RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCEANIC MESOZOOPLANKTON AND ENERGY OF EDDY FIELDS

Authors
PIONTKOVSKI SA WILLIAMS R PETERSON W KOSNIREV VK
Citation
Sa. Piontkovski et al., RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCEANIC MESOZOOPLANKTON AND ENERGY OF EDDY FIELDS, Marine ecology. Progress series, 128(1-3), 1995, pp. 35-41
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology",Ecology
Journal title
Marine ecology. Progress series → ACNP
ISSN journal
01718630
Volume
128
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
35 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-8630(1995)128:1-3<35:RBOMAE>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The impact of mesoscale eddies on the spatial distribution of zooplank ton biomass was analysed using data from the Arabian Sea and the Black Sea. The highest values of spatial variance of zooplankton biomass in the upper 100 to 150 m were found in regions with maximum available p otential energy of the eddy fields. Diel temporal trends of zooplankto n biomass were observed in the Arabian Sea area. However, the input of the macroscale spatial (horizontal) component of summarised spatio-te mporal variability of the zooplankton fields exceeded the input of the diel temporal component.