#zooplankton — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/100151/ Life strategies in an upwelling world: distribution patterns and niche partitioning of Calanidae copepods in the Benguela Current #Abundance #diversity #Ecology #FattyAcids #FunctionalTraits #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #Namibia #OceanSciences #science #StableIsotopes #Zooplankton

In der #Lagune von #Venedig breiten sich invasive #Arten wie die kannibalische #Rippenqualle und die #Blaukrabbe durch wärmere #Meere aus.

Beide bedrohen das #Ökosystem und verringern die Fänge deutlich. #Qual­len fressen #Zooplankton sowie Eier und Larven wichtiger Arten. #Blaukrabben finden ganzjährig ideale Bedingungen und schädigen heimische #Muscheln und #Fische. Behörden suchen nach Wegen, die Folgen für Natur und regionale #Fischerei zu begrenzen.

https://de.euronews.com/green/2026/02/08/kannibalen-quallen-und-blaukrabben-neozoen-bedrohen-venedigs-fragile-lagune

#Klimawandel

In der #Lagune von #Venedig breiten sich invasive #Arten wie die kannibalische #Rippenqualle und die #Blaukrabbe durch wärmere #Meere aus.

Beide bedrohen das #Ökosystem und verringern die Fänge deutlich. #Qual­len fressen #Zooplankton sowie Eier und Larven wichtiger Arten. #Blaukrabben finden ganzjährig ideale Bedingungen und schädigen heimische #Muscheln und #Fische. Behörden suchen nach Wegen, die Folgen für Natur und regionale #Fischerei zu begrenzen.

https://de.euronews.com/green/2026/02/08/kannibalen-quallen-und-blaukrabben-neozoen-bedrohen-venedigs-fragile-lagune

#Klimawandel

In der #Lagune von #Venedig breiten sich invasive #Arten wie die kannibalische #Rippenqualle und die #Blaukrabbe durch wärmere #Meere aus.

Beide bedrohen das #Ökosystem und verringern die Fänge deutlich. #Qual­len fressen #Zooplankton sowie Eier und Larven wichtiger Arten. #Blaukrabben finden ganzjährig ideale Bedingungen und schädigen heimische #Muscheln und #Fische. Behörden suchen nach Wegen, die Folgen für Natur und regionale #Fischerei zu begrenzen.

https://de.euronews.com/green/2026/02/08/kannibalen-quallen-und-blaukrabben-neozoen-bedrohen-venedigs-fragile-lagune

#Klimawandel

In der #Lagune von #Venedig breiten sich invasive #Arten wie die kannibalische #Rippenqualle und die #Blaukrabbe durch wärmere #Meere aus.

Beide bedrohen das #Ökosystem und verringern die Fänge deutlich. #Qual­len fressen #Zooplankton sowie Eier und Larven wichtiger Arten. #Blaukrabben finden ganzjährig ideale Bedingungen und schädigen heimische #Muscheln und #Fische. Behörden suchen nach Wegen, die Folgen für Natur und regionale #Fischerei zu begrenzen.

https://de.euronews.com/green/2026/02/08/kannibalen-quallen-und-blaukrabben-neozoen-bedrohen-venedigs-fragile-lagune

#Klimawandel

In der #Lagune von #Venedig breiten sich invasive #Arten wie die kannibalische #Rippenqualle und die #Blaukrabbe durch wärmere #Meere aus.

Beide bedrohen das #Ökosystem und verringern die Fänge deutlich. #Qual­len fressen #Zooplankton sowie Eier und Larven wichtiger Arten. #Blaukrabben finden ganzjährig ideale Bedingungen und schädigen heimische #Muscheln und #Fische. Behörden suchen nach Wegen, die Folgen für Natur und regionale #Fischerei zu begrenzen.

https://de.euronews.com/green/2026/02/08/kannibalen-quallen-und-blaukrabben-neozoen-bedrohen-venedigs-fragile-lagune

#Klimawandel

Edward Smith Deevey Jr. (3 December 1914 – 29 November 1988), born in #AlbanyNewYork, was a prominent American #ecologist and #paleolimnologist, and an early protégé of #GEvelynHutchinson at #YaleUniversity. He was a creative pioneer in several areas, including quantitative #palynology, cycling of natural #isotopes, #biogeochemistry, #populationDynamics, #systematics and #ecology of freshwater #zooplankton, and he promoted the use of life tables in ecology. In 1938.

A new IGB study shows just how sensitively #zooplankton respond to dam construction. In the White #Nile, decades of regulation have halved species diversity. With the new Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (#GERD), the Blue Nile may now face similar losses in #biodiversity.
https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/zooplankton-nile-diversity-under-threat-dams
#hydropower

Waste discharged from deep-sea #mining operations in the Pacific’s #biodiverse Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) could disrupt marine life in the midwater “twilight zone” — a vital region 200-1,500 meters below #sea level that supports vast communities of #zooplankton , tiny animals that serve as the ocean’s basic food building blocks.
#Ecology #Environmental #MarineBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/eco11072501.html

6-Nov-2025
First study of its kind finds #DeepSeaMining waste threatens life and #foodwebs in the ocean’s dim “twilight zone”
Particle plumes ejected by #mining operations into deep #Pacific waters threaten food source of more than half of the #zooplankton types -- leading to bottom-up disruption of delicately balanced food system

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1104607
#science #ecology #environment

New publication: Community Assembly of Cladoceran #Zooplankton in Relation to #Pond Age and the Establishment of #Macrophytes and #Fish. #communitycomposition #biodiversity
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70118

Industrial mercury emissions from Asia traced to open ocean zooplankton https://phys.org/news/2025-09-industrial-mercury-emissions-asia-ocean.html

#Asia #ocean #environment #zooplankton #industry #mercury #emissions

Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming #carbon
These "unsung heroes" called #zooplankton gorge themselves and grow fat in spring before sinking hundreds of metres into the deep #ocean in Antarctica where they burn the fat.
This locks away as much planet-warming carbon as the annual #emissions of roughly 55 million petrol cars, stopping it from further warming our atmosphere, according to researchers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628nnz3rp9o?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#climate #climatechange

Seit 2013 gibt es im Greifswalder Bodden deutlich weniger Nahrung für #Heringslarven.

Ursache sind klimabedingte Verschiebungen im #Nahrungsnetz. Die Larven schlüpfen früher, finden aber zu wenig #Zooplankton und verhungern.

Auch höhere #Wassertemperaturen setzen ihnen zu. Der Rückgang des #Heringsnachwuchses gefährdet
#Fischbestände in der westlichen #Ostsee.

https://www.thuenen.de/de/newsroom/detail/weniger-heringsnachwuchs-in-der-ostsee

#Klimawandel #Meeresforschung #Phänologie #Fischerei #Küstenökosysteme #ThünenInstitut

#BBCNews - Tiny creatures gorge, get fat, and help fight global warming
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628nnz3rp9o
#zooplankton #ClimateChange

27-Jun-2025
Tiny ocean migrants play a massive role in #SouthernOcean #carbonStorage

A groundbreaking study has revealed that small but mighty #zooplankton—including #copepods, #krill, and #salps—are key players in the Southern #Ocean’s ability to absorb and store #carbon.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089054 #science #ecology #climateCatastrophe

Mithilfe von #Satellitendaten erkennt ein neues Verfahren das winzige #Zooplankton Calanus finmarchicus, das für Nordatlantische #Glattwale lebenswichtig ist.

Die Methode hilft, Fressgebiete im Golf von Maine vorherzusagen. Das könnte Kollisionen mit Schiffen und Verwicklungen in Fischereigeräte reduzieren. Die Daten stammen von NASA-Instrumenten wie #MODIS und künftig #PACE.

https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1507638

#Weltnaturschutz #Meeresforschung #Klimawandel #NASA #Ozeanbeobachtung #Wale #Artenschutz

#Tiefseebergbau bedroht nicht nur den #Meeresboden, sondern auch das empfindliche Leben in der mittleren #Wasserzone.

Die geplante Einleitung von Abwässern in etwa 1.200 Metern Tiefe könnte #Nahrungsnetze stören, #Zooplankton schädigen und die #Kohlenstoffbindung im Ozean beeinträchtigen.

In der kaum erforschten Clarion Clipperton Zone sind über 90 % der Arten noch unbekannt.

https://theconversation.com/deep-sea-mining-threatens-sea-life-in-a-way-no-one-is-thinking-about-by-dumping-debris-into-the-thriving-midwater-zone-247690

#Tiefsee #Klimaschutz #Meeresforschung #MarineÖkologie #Biodiversität #Umweltpolitik

Undersea mountains are key hubs for sharks https://phys.org/news/2025-02-undersea-mountains-key-hubs-sharks.html paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003016

"#Zooplankton were twice as common at shallow #seamounts than in the open ocean, while #shark biomass was 41 times higher... #FilterFeeders may benefit from prey being blown over the peak, and the peak may also stop prey species from retreating into deeper water... Also, some predators appear to use seamounts as hubs to gather, socialize, mate or rest"

#Sharks #Animals #Ecology #Plankton

https://www.pdx.edu/research/news/microplastics-widespread-seafood-oregonians-eat-psu-study-finds

“We found that the smaller organisms that we sampled seem to be ingesting more #anthropogenic, non-nutritious particles,” Granek said. “Shrimp and small fish, like herring, are eating smaller food items like #zooplankton…and these anthropogenic particles may resemble zooplankton and thus be taken up for animals that feed on zooplankton.”

#microplastics

10-Dec-2024
Tiny poops in the ocean may help solve the carbon problem
A Dartmouth-led study turns #CO2 into food that #zooplankton expel into the deep sea.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067152 #science #ecology #environment #ClimateCatastrophe #CarbonSequestration

“#Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end,” - #JohanRockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for #ClimateImpact Research.

#Trees and #land absorbed almost no #CO2 last year. Is nature’s #CarbonSink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into #ClimateModels – and could rapidly accelerate #GlobalHeating

by Patrick Greenfield, October 14, 2024

"It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of #zooplankton, #crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic #algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy – Earth’s largest migration of creatures – sinks to the #ocean floor, removing millions of tonnes of #carbon from the atmosphere each year.

"This activity is one of thousands of natural processes that regulate the Earth’s climate. Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all #HumanEmissions.

"But as the Earth heats up, scientists are increasingly concerned that those crucial processes are breaking down.

"In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed. The final result was that #forest, plants and soil – as a net category – absorbed almost no carbon.

"There are warning signs at sea, too. #Greenland’s Glaciers and #ArcticIceSheets are melting faster than expected, which is disrupting the #GulfStream ocean current and slows the rate at which oceans absorb carbon. For the algae-eating zooplankton, melting sea ice is exposing them to more sunlight – a shift scientists say could keep them in the depths for longer, disrupting the vertical migration that stores carbon on the ocean floor."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Exctinction #GlobalWarming

“#Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end,” - #JohanRockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for #ClimateImpact Research.

#Trees and #land absorbed almost no #CO2 last year. Is nature’s #CarbonSink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into #ClimateModels – and could rapidly accelerate #GlobalHeating

by Patrick Greenfield, October 14, 2024

"It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of #zooplankton, #crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic #algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy – Earth’s largest migration of creatures – sinks to the #ocean floor, removing millions of tonnes of #carbon from the atmosphere each year.

"This activity is one of thousands of natural processes that regulate the Earth’s climate. Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all #HumanEmissions.

"But as the Earth heats up, scientists are increasingly concerned that those crucial processes are breaking down.

"In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed. The final result was that #forest, plants and soil – as a net category – absorbed almost no carbon.

"There are warning signs at sea, too. #Greenland’s Glaciers and #ArcticIceSheets are melting faster than expected, which is disrupting the #GulfStream ocean current and slows the rate at which oceans absorb carbon. For the algae-eating zooplankton, melting sea ice is exposing them to more sunlight – a shift scientists say could keep them in the depths for longer, disrupting the vertical migration that stores carbon on the ocean floor."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Exctinction #GlobalWarming

“#Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end,” - #JohanRockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for #ClimateImpact Research.

#Trees and #land absorbed almost no #CO2 last year. Is nature’s #CarbonSink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into #ClimateModels – and could rapidly accelerate #GlobalHeating

by Patrick Greenfield, October 14, 2024

"It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of #zooplankton, #crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic #algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy – Earth’s largest migration of creatures – sinks to the #ocean floor, removing millions of tonnes of #carbon from the atmosphere each year.

"This activity is one of thousands of natural processes that regulate the Earth’s climate. Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all #HumanEmissions.

"But as the Earth heats up, scientists are increasingly concerned that those crucial processes are breaking down.

"In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed. The final result was that #forest, plants and soil – as a net category – absorbed almost no carbon.

"There are warning signs at sea, too. #Greenland’s Glaciers and #ArcticIceSheets are melting faster than expected, which is disrupting the #GulfStream ocean current and slows the rate at which oceans absorb carbon. For the algae-eating zooplankton, melting sea ice is exposing them to more sunlight – a shift scientists say could keep them in the depths for longer, disrupting the vertical migration that stores carbon on the ocean floor."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Exctinction #GlobalWarming

“#Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end,” - #JohanRockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for #ClimateImpact Research.

#Trees and #land absorbed almost no #CO2 last year. Is nature’s #CarbonSink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into #ClimateModels – and could rapidly accelerate #GlobalHeating

by Patrick Greenfield, October 14, 2024

"It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of #zooplankton, #crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic #algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy – Earth’s largest migration of creatures – sinks to the #ocean floor, removing millions of tonnes of #carbon from the atmosphere each year.

"This activity is one of thousands of natural processes that regulate the Earth’s climate. Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all #HumanEmissions.

"But as the Earth heats up, scientists are increasingly concerned that those crucial processes are breaking down.

"In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed. The final result was that #forest, plants and soil – as a net category – absorbed almost no carbon.

"There are warning signs at sea, too. #Greenland’s Glaciers and #ArcticIceSheets are melting faster than expected, which is disrupting the #GulfStream ocean current and slows the rate at which oceans absorb carbon. For the algae-eating zooplankton, melting sea ice is exposing them to more sunlight – a shift scientists say could keep them in the depths for longer, disrupting the vertical migration that stores carbon on the ocean floor."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Exctinction #GlobalWarming

“#Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end,” - #JohanRockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for #ClimateImpact Research.

#Trees and #land absorbed almost no #CO2 last year. Is nature’s #CarbonSink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into #ClimateModels – and could rapidly accelerate #GlobalHeating

by Patrick Greenfield, October 14, 2024

"It begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of #zooplankton, #crustaceans and other marine organisms rise to the ocean surface to feed on microscopic #algae, returning to the depths at sunrise. The waste from this frenzy – Earth’s largest migration of creatures – sinks to the #ocean floor, removing millions of tonnes of #carbon from the atmosphere each year.

"This activity is one of thousands of natural processes that regulate the Earth’s climate. Together, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all #HumanEmissions.

"But as the Earth heats up, scientists are increasingly concerned that those crucial processes are breaking down.

"In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed. The final result was that #forest, plants and soil – as a net category – absorbed almost no carbon.

"There are warning signs at sea, too. #Greenland’s Glaciers and #ArcticIceSheets are melting faster than expected, which is disrupting the #GulfStream ocean current and slows the rate at which oceans absorb carbon. For the algae-eating zooplankton, melting sea ice is exposing them to more sunlight – a shift scientists say could keep them in the depths for longer, disrupting the vertical migration that stores carbon on the ocean floor."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Exctinction #GlobalWarming

26-Sep-2024
Grazing #zooplankton severely impacted by #nanoplastic particles

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1059381 #science #ecology #environment #PlasticPollution

Southern #RightWhales go for a dive https://oceanbites.org/southern-right-whales-go-for-a-dive/

Foraging dives of southern right #whales in relation to larger #zooplankton size prey availability in Golfo Nuevo, Península Valdés, #argentina Valeria D’Agostino et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63879-y

"There are significantly more and larger zooplankton at the bottom during the day... female whales are taking risky and costly dives with their calves during the day for higher quality food when the #plankton are concentrated at the bottom."

#Jellyfish may dominate the future Arctic Ocean https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/quallen-koennten-kuenftig-den-arktischen-ozean-dominieren.html

Pan-#Arctic distribution modeling reveals #ClimateChange driven poleward shifts of major gelatinous #zooplankton species https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.12568

"jellyfish and other gelatinous zooplankton could be some of the few organism groups to benefit from #climate change... the transparent #cnidarians, #ctenophores and pelagic #tunicates thrive on rising water temperatures, nutrient contamination and #overfishing."

Press release at @eLife of our paper exploring the mechanism of pressure sensing by UV light sensors in #Platynereis larvae

https://elifesciences.org/for-the-press/5f58b93c/plankton-use-uv-light-sensors-to-detect-pressure-change-and-avoid-getting-swept-away

Luis Alberto Bezares Calderón et al. paper here:
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/94306

#neuroscience #cilia #zooplankton #science @biology

#Australia’s #Antarctic #icebreaker RSV #Nuyina joins Southern Ocean plankton survey https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/nuyina-joins-southern-ocean-plankton-survey/

"Over 33 years the #SouthernOcean CPR tows have revealed changes in the abundance, composition, distribution and diversity of #plankton species. This includes a decline in the numbers of #krill caught, an increase in smaller #zooplankton, and sudden massive #blooms of other plankton species spread over large areas."

#Australia’s #Antarctic #icebreaker RSV #Nuyina joins Southern Ocean plankton survey https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/nuyina-joins-southern-ocean-plankton-survey/

"Over 33 years the #SouthernOcean CPR tows have revealed changes in the abundance, composition, distribution and diversity of #plankton species. This includes a decline in the numbers of #krill caught, an increase in smaller #zooplankton, and sudden massive #blooms of other plankton species spread over large areas."

#Australia’s #Antarctic #icebreaker RSV #Nuyina joins Southern Ocean plankton survey https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/nuyina-joins-southern-ocean-plankton-survey/

"Over 33 years the #SouthernOcean CPR tows have revealed changes in the abundance, composition, distribution and diversity of #plankton species. This includes a decline in the numbers of #krill caught, an increase in smaller #zooplankton, and sudden massive #blooms of other plankton species spread over large areas."

#Australia’s #Antarctic #icebreaker RSV #Nuyina joins Southern Ocean plankton survey https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/nuyina-joins-southern-ocean-plankton-survey/

"Over 33 years the #SouthernOcean CPR tows have revealed changes in the abundance, composition, distribution and diversity of #plankton species. This includes a decline in the numbers of #krill caught, an increase in smaller #zooplankton, and sudden massive #blooms of other plankton species spread over large areas."

#Australia’s #Antarctic #icebreaker RSV #Nuyina joins Southern Ocean plankton survey https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/nuyina-joins-southern-ocean-plankton-survey/

"Over 33 years the #SouthernOcean CPR tows have revealed changes in the abundance, composition, distribution and diversity of #plankton species. This includes a decline in the numbers of #krill caught, an increase in smaller #zooplankton, and sudden massive #blooms of other plankton species spread over large areas."

New NIOO publication: Hydrostatic pressure impedes the degradation of sinking copepod carcasses and fecal pellets.
#zooplankton #particulateorganiccarbon #hydrostaticpressure
https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae002

#Zooplankton in #ocean and freshwater are rapidly escalating the global environmental threat of #plastics, finds study
#rotifers, a kind of microscopic zooplankton common in fresh and ocean water around world, are able to chew apart #microplastics, breaking them down into even smaller, and potentially more dangerous, #nanoplastics—particles smaller than one micron. Each #rotifer can create between 348,000–366,000 per day, leading to uncountable swarms of nanoparticles. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-zooplankton-ocean-freshwater-rapidly-escalating.html

Driving home from Switzerland with about 50 Daphnia clones, as part of a #NewProject ! #zooplankton #ecophysiology #AdaptationGenomics

Read now ahead of print: "Age Structure Eliminates the Impact of Coinfection on Epidemic Dynamics in a Freshwater Zooplankton System" by Clay et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726897

#zooplankton #freshwater #epidemic #dynamics #coinfection #ageDynamics

#Fossils in #Morocco reveal the astounding diversity of marine life 66 million years ago, just before the asteroid hit https://theconversation.com/giant-sea-lizards-fossils-in-morocco-reveal-the-astounding-diversity-of-marine-life-66-million-years-ago-just-before-the-asteroid-hit-210085

"Wind caused upwelling of nutrient-rich waters, fertilising the seas, and driving vast #plankton blooms. #Phytoplankton fed #zooplankton, feeding small fish and #ammonites, feeding larger animals... and an extraordinary diversity of marine #reptiles sat atop the food chain: giant sea #turtles, long-necked #plesiosaurs and the #mosasaurs."

Thrilled to announce the publication in L&O of our work on the diversity of temporary ponds from bacteria to vertebrates. We found higher alfa and gamma diversity in the tropics than in the Mediterranean, as expected (although not in all taxa), but no differences in beta diversity or temporal variability. #biodiversity #limnology #ecology #Freshwater #bacteria #zooplankton #phytoplankton #macroinvertebrates #amphibia #metacommunity #ponds https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.12429

#ClimateChange: Due to #SeaIce retreat, #zooplankton could remain in the deep longer
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-due-sea-ice-retreat-zooplankton-deep.html #Polarstern #ResearchVessel #ClimateCrisis #Arctic @awi

Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01779-1

"sunlight is now penetrating deeper and deeper into the #ocean. Since marine zooplankton respond to the available light, this is also changing their behavior—especially how the tiny organisms rise and fall within the water column."

Animals in ocean's twilight zone thrive on upcycled nutrients
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-animals-ocean-twilight-zone-upcycled.html

Small particles and heterotrophic #protists support the #mesopelagic zooplankton food web in the subarctic northeast #Pacific Ocean https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.12397

"Small, free-floating #animals called #zooplankton rely mainly on an even smaller class of organisms, called #microzooplankton, to consolidate the sparse waste products in the water and transform it into higher-quality food."