Southern Ocean phytoplankton in a changing climate

SL Deppeler, AT Davidson - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Phytoplankton are the base of the Antarctic food web, sustain the wealth and diversity of life
for which Antarctica is renowned, and play a critical role in biogeochemical cycles that …

Rethinking the role of salps in the ocean

N Henschke, JD Everett, AJ Richardson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016‏ - cell.com
Salps are barrel-shaped, gelatinous zooplankton that regularly form large swarms. They
have historically been ignored because they are difficult to sample and their gelatinous body …

Salp blooms drive strong increases in passive carbon export in the Southern Ocean

M Décima, MR Stukel, SD Nodder… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean contributes substantially to the global biological carbon pump
(BCP). Salps in the Southern Ocean, in particular Salpa thompsoni, are important grazers …

Evidence for the impact of climate change on primary producers in the Southern Ocean

MH Pinkerton, PW Boyd, S Deppeler… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Within the framework of the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean
(MEASO), this paper brings together analyses of recent trends in phytoplankton biomass …

Marine pelagic ecosystems: the west Antarctic Peninsula

HW Ducklow, K Baker… - … of the Royal …, 2007‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The marine ecosystem of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) extends from the
Bellingshausen Sea to the northern tip of the peninsula and from the mostly glaciated coast …

Alteration of the food web along the Antarctic Peninsula in response to a regional warming trend

MA Moline, H Claustre, TK Frazer… - Global Change …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the nearshore coastal waters along the Antarctic Peninsula, a recurrent shift in
phytoplankton community structure, from diatoms to cryptophytes, has been documented …

Gelatinous plankton: irregularities rule the world (sometimes)

F Boero, J Bouillon, C Gravili, MP Miglietta… - … ecology progress series, 2008‏ - int-res.com
In spite of being one of the most relevant components of the biosphere, the plankton-
benthos network is still poorly studied as such. This is partly due to the irregular occurrence …

Future risk for Southern Ocean ecosystem services under climate change

RD Cavanagh, J Melbourne-Thomas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
The Southern Ocean supports ecosystem services that are important on a global scale.
Climate change and human activities (tourism, fishing, and research) will affect both the …

How do polar marine ecosystems respond to rapid climate change?

O Schofield, HW Ducklow, DG Martinson, MP Meredith… - Science, 2010‏ - science.org
Climate change will alter marine ecosystems; however, the complexity of the food webs,
combined with chronic undersampling, constrains efforts to predict their future and to …

Global ecological and biogeochemical impacts of pelagic tunicates

JY Luo, CA Stock, N Henschke, JP Dunne… - Progress in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The pelagic tunicates, gelatinous zooplankton that include salps, doliolids, and
appendicularians, are filter feeding grazers thought to produce a significant amount of …