How zooplankton communities are shaped in a complex and dynamic coastal system with strong tidal influence
| Autor: | Natalie Mahara, H. V. Dosser, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Brian P. V. Hunt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Biomass (ecology) 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology fungi 15. Life on land Aquatic Science Seasonality Spring bloom Oceanography medicine.disease 01 natural sciences Zooplankton Productivity (ecology) Abundance (ecology) Phytoplankton medicine Temperate climate Environmental science 14. Life underwater 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 249:107103 |
| ISSN: | 0272-7714 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107103 |
| Popis: | Temperate coastal marine environments are typified by strong seasonality and highly productive annual spring phytoplankton blooms. However, in areas of strong tidal activity, coastal waters may remain in a state of low productivity year-round due to light limitation induced by deep mixing. Such high-nutrient low-chlorophyll (HNLC) environments can be found in British Columbia, Alaska, Argentina, and the United Kingdom. This study aimed to examine how zooplankton communities are shaped by tidally mixed environments through direct comparison of adjacent stratified and mixed regions on the British Columbia coast. Stations located in five distinct regions of coastal BC were sampled during the most productive months (April to July) over two years. The most seasonally stratified station was characterized by a higher biomass of large zooplankton species, including calanoid copepods and euphausiids. In contrast, the mixed regions had a higher abundance of small ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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