Zooplankton in Bays of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago: Composition, Distribution, and Role in Phytoplankton Grazing and Biosedimentation

The zooplankton community in two bays of the eastern coast of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (Blagopoluchiya Bay and Tsivolki Bay) has been studied for the first time. Copepods of the genus Calanus—C. glacialis/finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus—dominate the zooplankton of the bays in terms of biomass (76–93%). These copepods reached the highest abundance in Blagopoluchiya Bay. The total abundance (70 000 ind./m2) and biomass (60 g/m2) of the...