Table 3. Spearman rank-order correlation coefficients (R) of zooplankton (abundances of dominant taxa, total zooplankton abundance (TA), total zooplankton biomass (TB), C. finmarchicus stage index as well as structural and functional community indices) in all layers and averaged over 0–1000 m, against hydrographic variables (T – temperature, S – salinity).
| all layers | avg. over 0–1000 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | S | T | S | |
| Calanus finmarchicus | 0.817 | 0.400 | 0.603 | 0.282 |
| Microcalanus spp. | -0.182 | 0.131 | 0.297 | 0.142 |
| Pseudocalanus spp. | 0.679 | 0.295 | -0.824 | -0.458 |
| Oithona similis | 0.730 | 0.384 | -0.466 | -0.211 |
| Triconia borealis | 0.299 | 0.159 | -0.005 | -0.248 |
| Copepoda nauplii | 0.736 | 0.341 | 0.331 | -0.037 |
| Zooplankton abundance (TA) | 0.778 | 0.371 | -0.086 | -0.439 |
| Zooplankton biomass (TB) | 0.706 | 0.342 | 0.093 | -0.250 |
| C. finmarchicus stage index | -0.289 | 0.138 | 0.220 | 0.674 |
| Species Richness—Ho | -0.717 | -0.318 | -0.244 | 0.053 |
| Species Evenness—Hinf | -0.440 | -0.242 | 0.336 | 0.027 |
| Trophic diversity—TD-1 | -0.395 | -0.069 | -0.532 | -0.463 |
Bold values denote significance at p<0.05.