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TI Springtime zooplankton size structure over the continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay
BT 
AF VANDROMME, Pieter
   NOGUEIRA, Enrique
   HURET, Martin
   LOPEZ-URRUTIA, Angel
   GONZALEZ-NUEVO GONZALEZ, G.
   SOURISSEAU, Marc
   PETITGAS, Pierre
AS 1:1,6;2:2;3:3;4:2;5:4;6:1;7:5;
FF 1:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS;2:;3:PDG-RBE-STH-LBH;4:;5:;6:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS;7:PDG-RBE-EMH;
C1 IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Dept Dynam Environm Cotier, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Inst Espanol Oceanog, Ctr Oceanog Gijon, Gijon 33212, Spain.
   IFREMER, Ctr Brest, Unit Sci & Tech Halieut, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Inst Espanol Oceanog, Ctr Oceanog Vigo, Vigo 36200, Spain.
   IFREMER, Ctr Nantes, Dept Ecol & Modeles Halieut, F-44300 Nantes, France.
   Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Sci, GEOMAR, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   IEO, SPAIN
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   IEO, SPAIN
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   GEOMAR, GERMANY
SI BREST
   NANTES
SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS
   PDG-RBE-STH-LBH
   PDG-RBE-EMH
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   DOAJ
   copubli-europe
IF 2.232
TC 34
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00221/33246/31744.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR PELACUS 0406
   PELACUS 0407
   PELACUS 0409
   PELACUS 2005
   PELGAS 2005
   PELGAS 2007
   PELGAS 2009
   PELGAS 2010
   PELGAS 2011
   PELGAS 2012
BO Thalassa
AB Linking lower and higher trophic levels requires special focus on the essential role played by mid-trophic levels, i.e., the zooplankton. One of the most relevant pieces of information regarding zooplankton in terms of flux of energy lies in its size structure. In this study, an extensive data set of size measurements is presented, covering parts of the western European continental shelf and slope, from the Galician coast to the Ushant front, during the springs from 2005 to 2012. Zooplankton size spectra were estimated using measurements carried out in situ with the Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC) and with an image analysis of WP2 net samples (200 μm mesh size) performed following the ZooScan methodology. The LOPC counts and sizes particles within 100–2000 μm of spherical equivalent diameter (ESD), whereas the WP2/ZooScan allows for counting, sizing and identification of zooplankton from ~ 400 μm ESD. The difference between the LOPC (all particles) and the WP2/ZooScan (zooplankton only) was assumed to provide the size distribution of non-living particles, whose descriptors were related to a set of explanatory variables (including physical, biological and geographic descriptors). A statistical correction based on these explanatory variables was further applied to the LOPC size distribution in order to remove the non-living particles part, and therefore estimate the size distribution of zooplankton. This extensive data set provides relevant information about the zooplankton size distribution variability, productivity and trophic transfer efficiency in the pelagic ecosystem of the Bay of Biscay at a regional and interannual scale.
PY 2014
SO Ocean Science
SN 1812-0784
PU Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh
VL 10
IS 5
UT 000343940300005
BP 821
EP 835
DI 10.5194/os-10-821-2014
ID 33246
ER

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