Zooplankton demography and trophic interactions in the sub-arctic North Atlantic

Title:

Zooplankton demography and trophic interactions in the
sub-arctic North Atlantic, and their coupling to physical
oceanography: 40 years on from the NAO minimum

This project will conduct a campaign of seagoing measurements
in the Irminger Sea and adjacent areas to discover the
relationships between oceanic circulation, the life cycle dynamics
and demography of three key crustacean zooplankton (Calanus
finmarchicus, Thysanoessa longicaudata and Meganyctiphanes
norvegica) and the structure and productivity of the pelagic food
web. The impact of climate variability on these relationships will
be examined by means of a comparative analysis of the data
collected during the campaign with comparable measurements made
in 1963 during the NORWESTLANT surveys, and with data from the
Continuous Plankton Recorder surveys.