•The role of advection
•Advective supply of Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus spp. copepodites to GB during January-April and the role of winds
•Advective supply and loss of Calanus finmarchicus to GOM basin diapausing populations during June-January
•Role of advection for copepod
populations on GB
•Population dynamics of zooplankton
on GB and the GOM
•Stratification and variability in
food supply: the role of food limitation
•Mortality and invertebrate
predation