Sentences with phrase «shelf copepods»

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A mismatch of the timing of the phytoplankton bloom with the advection of large - bodied copepods into the shelf region would result in large exports to the benthic food chain [332].

If ice retreats and there is strong upwelling, these copepods could end up on the inner shelf and possibly outcompete smaller zooplankters.

For example, samples taken during the Western Arctic Shelf - Basin Interactions project in 2002 in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas showed that large - bodied copepods are prevalent on the outer continental shelf.