Seasonal and spatial variations of zooplankton in the central and southeastern Bering Sea during the mid-1990s
- Authors
- Kang, Youngshil; Kim, Suam; Lee, Wonchoel
- Issue Date
- May-2006
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Central Bering Sea; doughnut hole; Bogoslof Island; hydrography; zooplankton variability
- Citation
- DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, v.53, no.5, pp.795 - 803
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
- Volume
- 53
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 795
- End Page
- 803
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/181528
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.02.002
- ISSN
- 0967-0637
- Abstract
- Hydrographic and plankton surveys were conducted over the basin and slope of the southeastern Bering Sea during April, June/July and September of 1994 and in June/July 1995, and seasonal and spatial variations of zooplankton community were investigated in relation to the oceanographic conditions. In July 1994, sea surface temperature (SST) ranged 5.3-8.7 degrees C, and the thermocline was between 30 and 50 in. In July 1995, however, SST was warmer (7.3-12.4 degrees C), and the thermocline was shallower (20-30 m). The thermal front at the shelf was also stronger in July 1995 than in July 1994. Surface salinity was higher in 1994 than 1995. A total of 17 taxonomic groups of zooplankton were identified from the plankton samples. In 1994, the highest density was observed in September. Copepods were the major taxon during all surveys. While some taxa. such as euphausiids, ostracods, and Neocaltinus spp. were most abundant in spring, others such as Calanus spp., Metridia pacifica, chaetognaths, and pteropods were most abundant in September. Adults and late-stage copepodites of Eucalanus bungii were abundant in spring. and were replaced by 1st-3rd stages of copepodites in summer. Zooplankton density was ca. 4 times higher in 1995 than in 1994 in part because of warm water temperature. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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