Effects of current systems in the North Atlantic Ocean and Norwegian Sea

Title:
Effects of current systems in the North Atlantic Ocean
and Norwegian Sea on the genetic structure of Calanus
finmarchicus populations

Samples of Calanus finmarchicus will be collected during
spring and summer from approximately 18 stations located
across the North Atlantic and from the Norwegian Sea.
Microsatellite primers for C. finmarchicus will be developed
and used to analyse levels and patterns of diversity within
and between samples. The data obtained will be used to establish
the presence of sub-populations of the species together with
associated gene flow and will be interpreted in relation to the
current structure of the area using historical data and, if
possible, data to be generated elsewhere in the MarProd programme.
Complementary data will be obtained from a limited number of
winter samples and from a time series of samples from the eastern
American seaboard.