Taxonomic and size structures of zooplankton communities in the fjords along the Atlantic water passage to the Arctic

Current climate change is significantly modifying Arctic ecosystems and their components, but the reference and direction of these changes are still undefined. The aim of this study was to provide well-grounded data on the present composition and structure of zooplankton from boreal to Arctic latitudes. This comparative study was performed with a unified methodology in six fjords located along the west coasts of Norway and Svalbard. Comparisons...