Copepods from West Greenland Waters

Abstract

AN important collection of pelagic copepods is described by Dr. P. Jespersen from the waters west of Greenland in the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, with one station to the south-west of Iceland. The submarine ridge across the narrow part of the Davis Strait with a maximum depth of 700 metres forms an effective barrier to the migrations into Baffin Bay of many Atlantic species the habitat of which is deeper than this; the depths to the south of the ridge exceeding 3,500 metres and the depths in Baffin Bay amounting to at least 2,000 metres. Warm Atlantic water predominates in the sea area south of the Davis Strait, but along the west coast of South Greenland the East Greenland polar current makes its way round Cape Farewell, and in the most western part of this area there are several stations, taken by the expedition, situated in the cold Labrador current.