Seasonal changes in the abundance and biomass of copepods in the south-eastern Baltic Sea in 2010 and 2011

摘要

BackgroundCopepods are major secondary producers in the World Ocean. They represent an important link between phytoplankton, microzooplankton and higher trophic levels such as fish. They are an important source of food for many fish species but also a significant producer of detritus. In the terms of the role they play in the marine food web, it is important to know how environmental variability affects the population of copepods.