The effect of the North Atlantic Subpolar Front as a boundary in pelagic biogeography decreases with increasing depth and organism size

Vecchione, M, Falkenhaug, T, Sutton, TT, Cook, A, Gislason, A, Hansen, HØ, Heino, M, Miller, PI, Piatkowski, U, Porteiro, F, Søiland, H and Bergstad, OA 2015 The effect of the North Atlantic Subpolar Front as a boundary in pelagic biogeography decreases with increasing depth and organism size. Progress in Oceanography, 138 (A). 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.08.006

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Abstract/Summary

Broad-scale patterns in the distribution of deep-sea pelagic species and communities are poorly known. An important question is whether biogeographic boundaries identified from surface features are important in the deep mesopelagic and bathypelagic. We present community analyses of discrete-depth samples of mesozooplankton and micronekton to full-ocean depth collected in the area where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is crossed by the Subpolar Front. The results show that the distributional discontinuity associated with the front, which is strong near the surface, decreases with increasing depth. Both the frontal separation near the surface and the community convergence at increasing depths were clearer for mesozooplankton than for micronekton.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Subjects: Biology
Earth Observation - Remote Sensing
Fisheries
Marine Sciences
Oceanography
Divisions: Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Sea from Space (expired)
Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Earth Observation Science and Applications
Depositing User: Dr Peter I Miller
Date made live: 28 Jan 2016 17:00
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2020 09:57
URI: https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/6714

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