scholarly journals Population Dynamics of Calanus in the North Atlantic: Results from the Trans-Atlantic Study of Calanus finmarchicus Introduction

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1527 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Tande
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Calanus Finmarchicus ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

scholarly journals Medium-term exposure of the North Atlantic copepod <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i> (Gunnerus, 1770) to CO<sub>2</sub>-acidified seawater: effects on survival and development

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 7481-7491 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Pedersen ◽  
B. H. Hansen ◽  
D. Altin ◽  
A. J. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Stage Iv ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Experimental System ◽  
Calanus Finmarchicus ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. The impact of medium-term exposure to CO2-acidified seawater on survival, growth and development was investigated in the North Atlantic copepod Calanus finmarchicus. Using a custom developed experimental system, fertilized eggs and subsequent development stages were exposed to normal seawater (390 ppm CO2) or one of three different levels of CO2-induced acidification (3300, 7300, 9700 ppm CO2). Following the 28-day exposure period, survival was found to be unaffected by exposure to 3300 ppm CO2, but significantly reduced at 7300 and 9700 ppm CO2. Also, the proportion of copepodite stages IV to VI observed in the different treatments was significantly affected in a manner that may indicate a CO2-induced retardation of the rate of ontogenetic development. Morphometric analysis revealed a significant increase in size (prosome length) and lipid storage volume in stage IV copepodites exposed to 3300 ppm CO2 and reduced size in stage III copepodites exposed to 7300 ppm CO2. Together, the findings indicate that a pCO2 level ≤2000 ppm (the highest CO2 level expected by the year 2300) will probably not directly affect survival in C. finmarchicus. Longer term experiments at more moderate CO2 levels are, however, necessary before the possibility that growth and development may be affected below 2000 ppm CO2 can be ruled out.

scholarly journals Functional genomics resources for the North Atlantic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus: EST database and physiological microarray

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra H. Lenz ◽  
Ebru Unal ◽  
R. Patrick Hassett ◽  
Christine M. Smith ◽  
Ann Bucklin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Genomics ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Calanus Finmarchicus ◽  
Est Database ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

scholarly journals A comparative study of Calanus finmarchicus mortality patterns at five localities in the North Atlantic

2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.D Ohman ◽  
K Eiane ◽  
E.G Durbin ◽  
J.A Runge ◽  
H.-J Hirche
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Calanus Finmarchicus ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Late Winter ◽  
Zooplankton Abundance ◽  
Biological Interactions ◽  
Georges Bank ◽  
Density Dependent ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

Abstract We compare the patterns of stage-specific mortality of Calanus finmarchicus at five localities across the North Atlantic Ocean during the spring–summer period of active population growth: Georges Bank, a continental shelf locality in the NW Atlantic, based on 30 broadscale survey cruises in the US GLOBEC program; the northern North Sea, studied during the historic FLEX program with sampling four times daily for 73 days; Ocean Station M in the central Norwegian Sea, based on an 80-day daily time-series; and Lurefjorden (sampled weekly in late winter–early summer) and Sørfjorden (sampled monthly), two fjords in southwestern Norway characterized by markedly different guilds of predators. The mortality estimation methods included Wood's Population Surface Method, the Vertical Life Table (VLT) method, and a modified VLT, according to the study site and copepod recruitment schedules. Contrary to assumptions implicit in many simulation models and indirect methods for estimating zooplankton mortality, both rates and stage-specific patterns of mortality of C. finmarchicus vary appreciably across the North Atlantic. Characteristics of local environments, including the predator field in particular, appear to strongly influence mortality schedules in different regions. In at least two sites (Georges Bank and Ocean Station M), mortality rates of early stages of C. finmarchicus are density-dependent. We attribute this density-dependent mortality to egg cannibalism, which introduces non-linear population responses to changing environmental conditions. Region-specific biological interactions can substantially modify the effects of physical climate variability and render simple linear relationships between climate and zooplankton abundance unlikely.

scholarly journals Seasonal copepod lipid pump promotes carbon sequestration in the deep North Atlantic

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (39) ◽  
pp. 12122-12126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigrún Huld Jónasdóttir ◽  
André W. Visser ◽  
Katherine Richardson ◽  
Michael R. Heath
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Calanus Finmarchicus ◽  
Carbon Equivalent ◽  
The North ◽  
Detrital Material ◽  
Mesopelagic Zone ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Ocean Carbon

Estimates of carbon flux to the deep oceans are essential for our understanding of global carbon budgets. Sinking of detrital material (“biological pump”) is usually thought to be the main biological component of this flux. Here, we identify an additional biological mechanism, the seasonal “lipid pump,” which is highly efficient at sequestering carbon into the deep ocean. It involves the vertical transport and metabolism of carbon rich lipids by overwintering zooplankton. We show that one species, the copepod Calanus finmarchicus overwintering in the North Atlantic, sequesters an amount of carbon equivalent to the sinking flux of detrital material. The efficiency of the lipid pump derives from a near-complete decoupling between nutrient and carbon cycling—a “lipid shunt,” and its direct transport of carbon through the mesopelagic zone to below the permanent thermocline with very little attenuation. Inclusion of the lipid pump almost doubles the previous estimates of deep-ocean carbon sequestration by biological processes in the North Atlantic.

Phylogeography and population dynamics of the white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) in the North Atlantic

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Banguera-Hinestroza ◽  
P. G. H. Evans ◽  
L. Mirimin ◽  
R. J. Reid ◽  
B. Mikkelsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Lagenorhynchus Acutus

scholarly journals Marine biological shifts and climate

2014 ◽  
Vol 281 (1783) ◽  
pp. 20133350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégory Beaugrand ◽  
Eric Goberville ◽  
Christophe Luczak ◽  
Richard R Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Calanus Finmarchicus ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Community Shifts ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Phenological, biogeographic and community shifts are among the reported responses of marine ecosystems and their species to climate change. However, despite both the profound consequences for ecosystem functioning and services, our understanding of the root causes underlying these biological changes remains rudimentary. Here, we show that a significant proportion of the responses of species and communities to climate change are deterministic at some emergent spatio-temporal scales, enabling testable predictions and more accurate projections of future changes. We propose a theory based on the concept of the ecological niche to connect phenological, biogeographic and long-term community shifts. The theory explains approximately 70% of the phenological and biogeographic shifts of a key zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus in the North Atlantic and approximately 56% of the long-term shifts in copepods observed in the North Sea during the period 1958–2009.

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