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Dynamics of biomass of Calanus finmarchicus and zooplankton in the coastal zone of the Barents Sea under various thermal regimes

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The dynamics of zooplankton biomass and the biomass of the key copepod species Calanus finmarchicus were studied in the southern Barents Sea. The effect of climatic factors, i.e., water temperature and the atmospheric indices, on the zooplankton was assessed. It was found that the biomass of the zooplankton correlated positively both with the water temperature and winter NAO index of the previous year. The phenomenon and its reasons are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © V.G. Dvoretskii, A.G. Dvoretskii, 2012, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2012, No. 6, pp. 667–672.

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Dvoretskii, V.G., Dvoretskii, A.G. Dynamics of biomass of Calanus finmarchicus and zooplankton in the coastal zone of the Barents Sea under various thermal regimes. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 39, 563–568 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359012060052

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