Table 11.3 Standing stocks of phytoplankton, bacteria, heterotrophic protists, and
copepods in the central Arctic Ocean.
Data from Sherr et al. (1997) and Thibault et al. (1999).
GROUP STANDING STOCK (mg C m−2)
Phytoplankton 773 ± 1076
Heterotrophic protists544 ± 360
Bacteria 506 ± 146
Copepods 3190 ± 1005
(^) Tremblay et al. (2006) have suggested an upper food-web structure for the Arctic
Ocean (Fig. 11.21). The zooplanktivorous trophic level of the arctic foodweb includes
North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), the little auk (Alle alle), bowhead