The Davis Strait - DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi
The Davis Strait - DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi
The Davis Strait - DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi
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Figure 4.2.1. Calanus spp. biomass<br />
(mg C m -3 ). <strong>The</strong> coloured<br />
dots represent biomass values<br />
from different studies; red dots:<br />
from May 2006 in the 0-65 m<br />
column (Arendt et al. 2010), blue<br />
dots: from July 2000 (Pedersen &<br />
Smidt 2000) at 0-100 m, dark<br />
grey dots: from June-July 1996<br />
(Munk et al. 2003) at 0-60 m<br />
column. <strong>The</strong> biomass values of<br />
Calanus spp. summer and an<br />
autumn period show higher biomass<br />
values east and west of the<br />
fishery banks. Seasonal descent<br />
of Calanus towards winter hibernation<br />
is presumed to have begun<br />
in July-August. Note: Biomass<br />
values are calculated<br />
based on different length-carbon<br />
regressions and using different<br />
sampling gear e.g. net types vary<br />
between studies.<br />
system productivity can be greater than implied by their biomass alone<br />
(Hopcroft et al. 2005, Madsen et al. 2008).<br />
4.2.3 Zooplankton in the <strong>Davis</strong> <strong>Strait</strong><br />
Knowledge of zooplankton in the assessment area is based on studies covering<br />
a 34-year time series from the 1950s by Pedersen & Smith (2000) and recent<br />
studies covering most of the southwestern coastal zone (Pedersen &<br />
Rice 2002, Head et al. 2003, Munk et al. 2003, Pedersen et al. 2005, Arendt et<br />
al. 2010). <strong>The</strong> coastal studies in Southwest Greenland clearly corroborate the<br />
hypothesis that most of the biol<strong>og</strong>ical activity in the surface layer is present<br />
in the spring and early summer in association with the spring bloom and<br />
appearance of the populations of the large copepods Calanus. Calanus occurrence<br />
is widespread in the West Greenland waters, where high biomass values<br />
have been recorded across the fishery banks in Southwest Greenland,<br />
and is almost exclusively dominated by C. finmarchicus (Pedersen et al. 2005,<br />
Arendt et al. 2010) (Fig. 4.2.1).<br />
66°N<br />
64°N<br />
60°W<br />
60°W<br />
Calanus spp. biomass<br />
Survey period<br />
! May 2006, 0-65 m column<br />
62°N<br />
! July 2000, 0-100 m column<br />
! June-July 1996, 0-60 m column<br />
Biomass (mg C m -3 )<br />
! 0.001 - 5<br />
! 5 - 10<br />
! 10 - 20<br />
! 20 - 50<br />
! 50 - 100<br />
! 100 - 150<br />
0<br />
60°N<br />
Assessment area<br />
75 150 Km<br />
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50°W<br />
50°W<br />
68°N<br />
66°N<br />
64°N<br />
62°N<br />
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