Allometric relationships of ecologically important Antarctic and Arctic zooplankton and fish species.

ABSTRACT: Allometric relationships between body properties of animals are useful for a wide variety of purposes, such as estimation of biomass, growth, population structure, bioenergetic modelling and carbon flux studies. This study summarizes allometric relationships of zooplankton and nekton species that play major roles in polar marine food webs. Measurements were performed on 639 individuals of 15 species sampled during three expeditions in the Southern Ocean (winter and summer) and 2374 individuals of 14 species sampled during three expeditions in the Arctic Ocean (spring and summer). The information provided by this study fills current knowledge gaps on relationships between length and wet/dry mass of understudied animals, such as various gelatinous zooplankton, and of animals from understudie

SUBMITTER: Schaafsma FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8827386 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature