DISTRIBUTION OF ZOOPLANKTON IN THE KURILE-KAMCHATKA REGION OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Abstract

In spring the biomass of zooplankton reaches its maximum value exceeding 500mg/cu m in the 0-100m layer and occupying a belt 30-50 miles wide; this belt deflects somewhat from the Kurile Islands, namely, from the southernmost stations of the investigated area to the latitude of Petropavlovsk and the area SW of Kamchatskiy proliv. The water along the northern boundary of the intermixing zone was also very rich in plankton. The same character of distribution between zones that are rich and poor in plankton is observed in the autumn, but the total biomass of plankton during the time is smaller.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0668629

Entities

People

  • M. E. Vinogradov
  • V. G. Bogorov

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Bering Sea
  • Blooming
  • Boundaries
  • Kurile Islands
  • Latitude
  • Materials
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Personality
  • Phytoplankton
  • Plankton
  • Water
  • Whales
  • Zooplankton

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.