Macroscale patterns of oceanic zooplankton composition and size structure.

ABSTRACT: Ocean plankton comprise organisms from viruses to fish larvae that are fundamental to ecosystem functioning and the provision of marine services such as fisheries and CO₂ sequestration. The latter services are partly governed by variations in plankton community composition and the expression of traits such as body size at community-level. While community assembly has been thoroughly studied for the smaller end of the plankton size spectrum, the larger end comprises ectotherms that are often studied at the species, or group-level, rather than as communities. The body size of marine ectotherms decreases with temperature, but controls on community-level traits remain elusive, hindering the predictability of marine services provision. Here, we leverage Tara Oceans datasets to determ

SUBMITTER: Brandao MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8333327 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature