Microzooplankton along a transect from northern continental Norway to Svalbard

Figures & data

Fig. 1  Sampling stations along the south-to-north transect from continental Norway to Svalbard.

Fig. 2  Surface temperature and salinity data from the numbered stations along the transect.

Table 1 List of the taxa with maximum abundance values.

	Max (ind l^−1)
Dinophyceae
Dinophysis rotundata	8.0
Diplopsalis group	20.0
Gyrodinium spp.	71.0
Protoperidinium bipes	116.0
P. cf. curtipes	3.5
Protoperidinium depressum	14.0
Protoperidinium cf. pallidum	0.7
Protoperidinium spp.	142.0
Foraminifera
Undet. Foraminifera	1.4
Ciliophora
Acanthostomella norvegica	146.0
Coxliella cf. pseudannulata	11.0
Leprotintinnus pellucidus	11.0
Parafavella denticulata	227.5
Parafavella gigantea	14.5
Ptychocylis obtusa	8.0
Salpingella curta	2.0
Stenosemella nivalis	0.5
Tintinnopsis spp.	2.0
Undet. Holotrichia	20.0
Undet. Oligotrichida	3.5
Undet. Strobilidiidae	3.5
Undet. Strombidiidae	49.0
Undet. Tintinnida	3.0
Undet. Ciliophora	6.0
Mesodinium rubrum	0.7
Metazoa
Undet. eggs	14.5
Undet. larval forms	9.1
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Limacina helicina	5.5
Arthropoda
Crustacea
Copepoda
Undet. nauplii	45.0

Fig. 3  Microzooplankton abundance data (ind l⁻¹) along the transect.

Fig. 4  Number of taxa observed along the transect and temperature values.

Fig. 5  (a) Acanthostomella norvegica. (b) Parafavella denticulata. (c) Parafavella gigantea. (d) Ptychocylis obtusa. (e) Leprotintinnus pellucidus. (f) Protoperidinium bipes. (g) Dinophysis rotundata. (h) Protoperidinium cf. curtipes. All scale bars are 20 µm in length.

Fig. 6  Microzooplankton carbon content (µg C l⁻¹) along the transect.

Fig. 7  Cluster analysis on the basis of samplings. The complete linkage was applied.