Relationships between oceanic epizooplankton distributions and the seasonal deep chlorophyll maximum in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean

Authors

Peter B. Ortner, Ocean Chemistry Laboratory, NOAA/AOML, 15 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL, 33149, U.S.A.
Peter H. Wiebe, Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, U.S.A.
James L. Cox, Oceanic Biology Group, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, U.S.A.

Abstract

The potential significance of the Deep Chlorophyll Maximum (DCM) as a food resource for pelagic food chains was studied in three hydrographic regimes of the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: the Slope Water, the Northern Sargasso Sea and a Gulf Stream cold core ring....

Recommended Citation

Ortner, Peter B., Peter H. Wiebe, and James L. Cox. 1980. "Relationships between oceanic epizooplankton distributions and the seasonal deep chlorophyll maximum in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean." Journal of Marine Research 38, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1517