ME011
Patterns and Drivers of Marine Plankton Community Variability: Time-Series Insights
Patterns and Drivers of Marine Plankton Community Variability: Time-Series Insights
Session ID#: 257779
Session Description:
Phytoplankton productivity and zooplankton nutritional value determine the rate of energy transfer up through the ocean food web to commercial fisheries and endangered megafauna. The abundance and community composition of marine plankton are subject to seasonal fluctuations, long term trends, and unpredictable and intermittent perturbations, including blooms of unusual and potentially harmful species. The disruption of the community can have severe effects on ocean health and human activities. Long term plankton monitoring programs such as the global-scale Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey and various national survey programs provide a baseline of historical data against which the results of newer survey efforts, and studies, can be assessed. This session invites any contributions that advance our understanding of patterns and drivers of the variability in marine plankton communities, including but not limited to (1) new approaches to quantify variability from field observations, and statistical and dynamic modeling analyses; (2) links to ecological dynamics such as changes in phenology, biogeographic boundaries and community structures; and (3) implications for plankton life-history traits, population dynamics, biogeochemical cycling, biodiversity, and ecosystem productivity. This session will highlight the importance of plankton time series, including critical advances that could not be made without long term monitoring efforts.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- Climate and Ocean Change -
- Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry -
Index Terms:
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]
4855 Phytoplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]
4858 Population dynamics and ecology [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]
4890 Zooplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]
Primary Chair: Clare Ostle, Marine Biological Association UK, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Co-chairs: Rubao Ji, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Karen Stamieszkin, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, United States and Lawrence W Sheppard, University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence, KS, United States
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