Contribution of combined stressors on density and gene expression dynamics of the copepod Temora longicornis in the North Sea

I Semmouri, KAC De Schamphelaere… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of multiple environmental and anthropogenic stressors on the marine
environment remains poorly understood. Therefore, we studied the contribution of …

Seasonal metabolic dynamics of microeukaryotic plankton: a year-long metatranscriptomic study in a temperate sea

M Perneel, R Lagaisse, J Mortelmans, S Maere… - MBio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Seasonal fluctuations profoundly affect marine microeukaryotic plankton composition and
metabolism, but accurately tracking these changes has been a long-standing challenge. In …

When the Going Gets Tough, the Females Get Going: Sex‐Specific Physiological Responses to Simultaneous Exposure to Hypoxia and Marine Heatwave Events in a …

F Vermandele, M Sasaki, G Winkler… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The existence of sex‐specific differences in phenotypic traits is widely recognized. Yet they
are often ignored in studies looking at the impact of global changes on marine organisms …

Decadal trends and dynamics in the abundance and biomass of marine branchiopods in the southern part of the North Sea

I Semmouri, J Mortelmans, C Roland… - Journal of Marine …, 2024 - Elsevier
Time-series are fundamental for enhancing our comprehension of plankton community
dynamics and forecasting future changes that could significantly affect entire marine food …

Winter distribution of zooplankton and ichthyoplankton assemblages in the North Sea and the English Channel

CJ Neven, C Giraldo, R Girardin, A Lefebvre… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Although zooplankton were extensively studied in the North Sea, knowledge about winter
zooplankton assemblages is still scarce, despite potential influence of zooplankton …

Marine heatwaves and cold spells in the Northeast Atlantic: what should the UK be prepared for?

ZL Jacobs, F Jebri, S Wakelin, J Strong… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Up to now, the UK has avoided major marine heatwaves (MHWs) that cause severe damage
to marine ecosystems and the blue economy. However, an unprecedented in its intensity …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic balance of a marine neritic copepod under chronic and acute warming scenarios

C de Juan, C Traboni, A Calbet, E Saiz - Marine Environmental Research, 2025 - Elsevier
We investigated the impact of sublethal thermal stress on physiological rates of the copepod
Paracartia grani, and explored the influence of previous thermal history on this response …

Temperature-induced copepod depletion and the associated wax of Bellerochea in Belgian coastal waters: Implications and shifts in plankton dynamics

J Mortelmans, I Semmouri, M Perneel, R Lagaisse… - Journal of Sea …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since 2018, severe and recurrent copepod depletions have been observed in Belgian
coastal waters. These depletions have been described as temperature-induced mass …

Landsat-derived environmental factors to describe habitat preferences and spatiotemporal distribution of zooplankton in La Paz Bay, Mexico

RO Martínez-Rincón, Y Lora-Cabrera… - Regional Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract This study applied Generalized Additive Models (GAM) to describe the effect of
environmental factors on the abundance and spatial distribution of selected zooplankton …

Path analysis reveals combined winter climate and pollution effects on the survival of a marine top predator

K Layton‐Matthews, KE Erikstad… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine ecosystems are experiencing growing pressure from multiple threats caused by
human activities, with far‐reaching consequences for marine food webs. Determining the …