Objectives and Scope Large copepods of the family Calanidae constitute the bulk of marine zooplankton during late winter and spring in subpolar and polar oceans. Naupliar stages of these copepods support the larval growth of commercial fish species, particularly cod.
Older stages are food for pelagic fishes, particularly clupeids.
Thus, improved understanding of the ecology of Calanus is of practical and fundamental importance. Some components of TASC have emphasized the interaction between the population dynamics of Calanus and physical processes in the North Atlantic pelagic habitat. Work has been vigorous since early 1994. The goals of the Symposium will be to sum up our results, to couple those results with studies of related species in other oceans, and to find directions for future research. We seek contributions in line with those goals from TASC workers and others.