FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Population demographics and growth rate of Salpa thompsoni on the Kerguelen Plateau BT AF Henschke, Natasha Blain, Stéphane Cherel, Yves Cotte, Cedric Espinasse, Boris Hunt, Brian P.V. Pakhomov, Evgeny A. AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:1,5;6:1,5,6;7:5,6; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:; C1 Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Sorbonne Universités, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie MICrobienne, F-66650 Banyuls sur Mer, France Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France LOCEAN, Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Univ Paris 06) CNRS-IRD-MNHN, Paris, France Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Hakai Institute, PO Box 309, Heriot bay, BC, Canada C2 UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE UNIV LA ROCHELLE, FRANCE MNHN, FRANCE MPO, CANADA INST HAKAI, CANADA IF 3.01 TC 10 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00659/77147/78474.pdf LA English DT Article CR MOBYDICK-THEMISTO BO Marion Dufresne AB This study aimed to obtain the first estimates of S. thompsoni population dynamics and growth rates over the Kerguelen Plateau (Southern Indian Ocean). Micronekton, including salps, were repeatedly sampled during late summer to early autumn (26th February – 15th March 2018) at contrasting hydrological stations on the Kerguelen Plateau in the southern proximity of Kerguelen Islands. At two stations, S. thompsoni made up almost half of the micronekton biomass. Environmental conditions were important in determining the density and development of S. thompsoni populations. Growth rates (0.5–7.0% d−1) were higher than previously reported from the Antarctic Peninsula (0.3–4.6% d−1) but lower than near the Antarctic Polar Front (APF; 3.7–20.7% d−1). Despite warm surface waters (4–5 °C), low chlorophyll a concentrations restricted the salp populations from growing as fast as populations near the APF. Because the Kerguelen Plateau region deflects a branch of warm water southward towards Antarctica, more studies of S. thompsoni population dynamics across multiple seasons are needed to fully understand their importance over the Kerguelen Plateau and their invasion potential into higher latitudes. PY 2021 PD FEB SO Journal Of Marine Systems SN 0924-7963 PU Elsevier BV VL 214 UT 000600370200001 DI 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103489 ID 77147 ER EF