Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1995 · 31 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesOceanographyMarine EcologyPhysical OceanographyPlankton EcologyMarine Ecosystem DynamicsMesoscale EddiesMesoscale Eddy MixingMesoscale Ocean DynamicsOcean EcologyZooplankton EcologyEddy EnergeticsEddy Kinetic EnergyMesoscale Eddy ResponseZooplankton BiomassZooplankton DistributionZooplankton DynamicsZooplankton ProductionZooplankton Spatial Ecology
The impact of mesoscale eddies on the spatial distribution of zooplankton biomass was analysed using data from the Arabian Sea and the Black Sea. The highest values of spatial variance of zooplankton biomass in the upper 100 to 150 m were found in regions with maximum available potential energy of the eddy fields. Die1 temporal trends of zooplankton biomass were observed in the Arabian Sea area. However, the input of the macroscale spatial (horizontal) component of summarised spatio-temporal variability of the zooplankton fields exceeded the input of the die1 temporal component.