Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a changing climate

L Ratnarajah, R Abu-Alhaija, A Atkinson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Zooplankton are major consumers of phytoplankton primary production in marine
ecosystems. As such, they represent a critical link for energy and matter transfer between …

Biodegradation of marine oil spills in the Arctic with a Greenland perspective

L Vergeynst, S Wegeberg, J Aamand, P Lassen… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
New economic developments in the Arctic, such as shipping and oil exploitation, bring along
unprecedented risks of marine oil spills. Microorganisms have played a central role in …

Mesoscale eddies are oases for higher trophic marine life

OR Godø, A Samuelsen, GJ Macaulay, R Patel… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Mesoscale eddies stimulate biological production in the ocean, but knowledge of energy
transfers to higher trophic levels within eddies remains fragmented and not quantified …

Mesoscale eddies modulate the dynamics of human fishing activities in the global midlatitude ocean

Q Xing, H Yu, H Wang, S Ito, F Chai - Fish and Fisheries, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Frequent fishing activities are causing overfishing, destroying the habitat of marine life, and
threatening global marine biodiversity. Understanding the dynamics of fishing activities and …

Shift towards the dominance of boreal species in the Arctic: inter-annual and spatial zooplankton variability in the West Spitsbergen Current

A Weydmann, J Carstensen, I Goszczko… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
We studied summer mesozooplankton composition between 2001 and 2009, in the
epipelagic zone of the West Spitsbergen Current (WSC) and adjacent areas, which …

Advances in biochemical indices of zooplankton production

L Yebra, T Kobari, AR Sastri, F Gusmão… - Advances in marine …, 2017 - Elsevier
Several new approaches for measuring zooplankton growth and production rates have been
developed since the publication of the ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the …

Zooplankton production and carbon export flux in the western Alboran Sea gyre (SW Mediterranean)

L Yebra, I Herrera, JM Mercado, D Cortés… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
The distribution of marine productivity in the Alboran Sea responds strongly to its
hydrodynamics, shaped by the influence of the Atlantic jet that enters through the Gibraltar …

Variations in the structural and functional diversity of zooplankton over vertical and horizontal environmental gradients en route to the Arctic Ocean through the Fram …

M Gluchowska, E Trudnowska, I Goszczko… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
A multi-scale approach was used to evaluate which spatial gradient of environmental
variability is the most important in structuring zooplankton diversity in the West Spitsbergen …

Spring phytoplankton communities of the Labrador Sea (2005–2014): pigment signatures, photophysiology and elemental ratios

GM Fragoso, AJ Poulton, IM Yashayaev… - …, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
The Labrador Sea is an ideal region to study the biogeographical, physiological, and
biogeochemical implications of phytoplankton community composition due to sharp …

Icebergs as unique Lagrangian ecosystems in polar seas

KL Smith Jr, AD Sherman, TJ Shaw… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Global warming and its disproportionate impact on polar regions have led to increased
iceberg populations. Southern Ocean studies in the northwest Weddell Sea have verified …