Estimation of zooplankton mortality caused by an Arctic glacier outflow
The outflow of freshwater from underwater channels in the Kongsbreen tidal glacier in SPEED ORANGE Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, 79oN, was measured as 138.8 m3 s-1 at the 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 during 10