The fate of production in the central Arctic Ocean – top–down regulation by zooplankton expatriates?

Kalle Olli; Paul Wassmann; Marit Reigstad; Tatjana Ratkova; Elena Arashkevich; Anna Pasternak; Patricia A. Matrai; Johan Knulst; Lars J. Tranvik; Riina Klais; A. Jacobsen

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2006.08.002

doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2006.08.002

The fate of production in the central Arctic Ocean – top–down regulation by zooplankton expatriates?

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Progress in Oceanography4.10

Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 84 - 113

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Abstract

We estimated primary and bacterial production, mineral nutrients, suspended chlorophyll a (Chl), particulate organic carbon (POC) and nitrogen (PON), abundance of planktonic organisms, mesozooplankton fecal pellet production, and the vertical flux of organic particles of the central Arctic Ocean (Amundsen basin, 89–88° N) during a 3 week quasi-Lagrangian ice drift experiment at the peak of the productive season (August 2001). A visual estimate...