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Vertical distributions of various species and stages of zooplankton at different times of the day were determined by stratified sampling with the BIONESS in northeastern Baffin Bay during early August. The water column was divided into an upper subarctic zone (>0° C, salinity < 32‰), a lower subarctic zone (< 0° C, salinity 32‰ to 34‰) and a deep zone of Atlantic water (>0° C, salinity 34‰). The upper subarctic zone was dominated by two species of pteropod molluscs; the lower subarctic water was dominated by the copepods, Calanus finmarchicus, C. glacialis and C. hyperboreus whose copepodite stages showed depth distributions that were different from one another, with the copepodite stage 5 and adult females generally shallower than the younger stages. All stages of all Calanus species were in the zone of primary production (10 to 50 m) while the copepods Pseudocalanus, Metridia and Oithona were generally found below this zone. Only C. finmarchicus and C. glacialis showed evidence of diurnal migration, migrating to the surface waters when the sun was at its lowest position on the horizon (i.e. at 0100 h).
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Sameoto, D.D. Vertical distribution of zooplankton biomass and species in northeastern Baffin Bay related to temperature and salinity. Polar Biol 2, 213–224 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00263627
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