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Increasing abundance of Calanus finmarchicus in the central and eastern North Atlantic between 1958 and 1996

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2002

D.J. Beare
Affiliation:
FRS Marine Laboratory, PO Box 101, Victoria Road, Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB9 8DB, UK
A. Gislason
Affiliation:
Marine Research Institute, Skulagata 4, PO Box 1390, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland
O.S. Astthorsson
Affiliation:
Marine Research Institute, Skulagata 4, PO Box 1390, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland
E. McKenzie
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Modelling Science, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1XH, UK
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Abstract

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The abundance of Calanus finmarchicus is known to have fallen between the present and the late 1950s in north-eastern Atlantic shelf waters. Further west in deeper water, however, long-term abundance of the copepod has risen.

Type
Short Communication
Copyright
2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom