Auel, Holger and Ekau, Werner ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4844-9654 (2009) Distribution and respiration of the high-latitude pelagic amphipod Themisto gaudichaudi in the Benguela Current in relation to upwelling intensity. Progress in Oceanography, 83 (1-4). pp. 237-241. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.040.

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Abstract

The cold and highly productive waters of coastal upwelling areas provide habitats for marine species usually occurring at higher latitudes and allow those species to extend their distribution ranges towards the equator into regions otherwise characterised by warm and oligotrophic sub-tropical waters. The pelagic hyperiid amphipod Themisto gaudichaudi has a circum-Antarctic epipelagic distribution pattern generally south of 35°S and plays an important role in Antarctic food webs as effective link from zooplankton secondary production to higher trophic levels including seabirds and marine mammals. In the cold and productive waters of the Benguela Current coastal upwelling system, the distribution range of the species extents far northward into the subtropics. The present study focuses on the distribution of T. gaudichaudi at the northernmost limit of its range in the Benguela upwelling system in relation to upwelling intensity and hydrographic conditions (sea surface temperature) based on time-series data from 2002 to 2008. Moreover, field data on life-history traits and respiration rates in relation to water temperature are combined to elucidate the environmental and physiological factors limiting the distribution range. Compared to Themisto populations from higher latitudes, the relatively higher water temperatures in the coastal upwelling region lead to higher respiration rates, faster growth, earlier sexual maturity and smaller body size.

Document Type:	Article
Programme Area:	UNSPECIFIED
Research affiliation:	Ecology > Fisheries Biology
Refereed:	Yes
Open Access Journal?:	No
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.040
ISSN:	00796611
Date Deposited:	24 Feb 2020 12:31
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2020 13:00
URI:	http://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/3378

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