Vertical migration is a geographically and taxonomically widespread behaviour among
zooplankton that spans across diel and seasonal timescales. The shorter‐term diel vertical …

This review summarizes current understanding of how climate change-driven physical and
ecological processes influence the levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and …

Microplastic debris is a pervasive environmental contaminant that has the potential to impact
the health of biota, although its modes of action remain somewhat unclear. The current study …

The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in regulating global climate as a major sink for
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), and in global ocean biogeochemistry by supplying …

Winter conditions are rapidly changing in temperate ecosystems, particularly for those that
experience periods of snow and ice cover. Relatively little is known of winter ecology in …

We assayed the toxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles (PS-NP, 52 nm) to Daphnia galeata.
Survival and reproduction were significantly decreased in individuals exposed to 5 mg/L of …

A warm anomaly in the upper ocean, colloquially named “the Blob,” appeared in the Gulf of
Alaska during the calm winter of 2013–2014, spread across the northern North Pacific (NP) …

The Arctic bloom consists of two distinct categories of primary producers, ice algae growing
within and on the underside of the sea ice, and phytoplankton growing in open waters. Long …

Temporal variation characterizes many of Earth's ecosystems. Despite this, little is known
about how food webs respond to regular variation in time, such as occurs broadly with …

The Arctic ice cover poses severe limitations on the productive period of marine autotrophs
that form the base of the marine food web. Sea-ice algae begin to grow in early spring within …