Acoustics Reveals the Presence of a Macrozooplankton Biocline in the Bay of Biscay in Response to Hydrological Conditions and Predator-Prey Relationships

• Ainhoa Lezama-Ochoa ,

  * E-mail: ainhoa.lezama-ochoa@ird.fr

  Current address: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR212 EME IFREMER/IRD/UM2, Sète, France

  Affiliation AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Unit, Pasaia, Basque Country, Spain

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• Xabier Irigoien,

  Current address: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

  Affiliation AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Unit, Pasaia, Basque Country, Spain

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• Alexis Chaigneau,

  Affiliation IRD, LEGOS, UMR5566 CNES/CNRS/IRD/UPS, Toulouse, France

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• Zaida Quiroz,

  Current address: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR212 EME IFREMER/IRD/UM2, Sète, France

  Affiliation Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE), Callao, Peru

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• Anne Lebourges-Dhaussy,

  Affiliation IRD, UMR LEMAR CNRS/IRD/UBO, Plouzané, France

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• Arnaud Bertrand

  Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR212 EME IFREMER/IRD/UM2, Sète, France

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