Estimation of zooplankton mortality caused by an Arctic glacier outflow
The outflow of freshwater from underwater channels in the Kongsbreen tidal glacier in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, 79oN, was measured as 138.8 m3 s-1 at the zildjian s series peak of the melting season.Experiments on local marine plankton mortality show that when exposed to salinities below 9 PSU, all copepods die within 15 minutes.We estimate that duri