Inter-species comparison of the copepodite stage morphology, vertical distribution, and seasonal population structure of five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean

Aetideidae is a calanoid copepod family dominant in the mesopelagic layer of the Arctic Ocean for which little ecological information is available because species identification, especially of early copepodite stages, is difficult. In this study, we developed a species identification flow for the wh...

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Main Authors: Yunosuke Koguchi, Koki Tokuhiro, Carin J. Ashjian, Robert G. Campbell, Atsushi Yamaguchi
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Colecção:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Acesso em linha:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.943100/full