Climate-induced signatures in the zooplankton communities: a meta-analysis at a European scale.
Sónia
C.
Marques1*,
Ana
L.
Primo1,
Anda
Ikauniece2,
Catriona
Clemmesen3,
Frederiz
Azemar4,
Ilppo
Vuorinen5,
Joana
Falcão1,
Katja
Mäkinen5,
Tackx
Michèle4,
Myron
Peck6,
Miguel
A.
Pardal1,
Patrick
Meire7,
Stefan
V.
Damme7,
Tom
Maris7,
Ulf
Bamstedt8,
Ulisses
M.
Azeiteiro1 and
Sami
Souissi9
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1
CFE - Center for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Department of Life Science, Portugal
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2
Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Latvia
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3
GEOMAR-Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Marine Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes, Germany
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4
ECOLAB (Laboratoire D’Écologie Fonctionnelle), France
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5
Archipelago Research Institute, Finland
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6
University of Hamburg, Germany
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7
Ecosystem Management Research Group (ECOBE), Biology Department, Belgium
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8
Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Norrbyn 91020 Hörnefors, Sweden and Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, Sweden
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9
Université Lille 1 – Sciences et Technologies Laboratory of Oceanography and Geosciences UMR CNRS 8187 LOG, France
Several recent studies have revealed the impacts of the climate variability in the dynamic of zooplankton in different estuarine ecosystems, imposing a need for more and continued global studies. Presently, there is a growing appreciation in international collaborations to compare and contrast estuarine ecosystem response to climate variability across geographical gradients, including long-term changes in zooplankton. We performed a meta-analysis comprising field data from 7 location (Mondego estuary-Portugal, Seine estuary- France, Sheldt estuary- Belgium, Kiel fjord - Germany, Gulf of Riga- Latvia, Gulf of Bothnia – Sweden and Finland Archipelagos). The use of climatic modes (e.g. NAO, ENSO) has proven useful in investigating links between climatic variations and ecological patterns. Therefore, the main focus will be to test the influence of the NAO on abundance of organisms, key species, local environment and whether these relationships are generally positive, whether they are sensitive to methodological differences among studies, between taxonomic group and key species. The knowledge gained will contribute to quantitatively evaluate the multi-scale structure of climate and marine environment and to identify a set of environmental indicators to assess the estuarine ecosystem state and risks for ecological shifts.
Acknowledgements
The present work was supported by FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) through the COMPARE Project (PTDC/MAR/121788/2010) financed by POPH (Portuguese Operational Human Potential Program), QREN Portugal (Portuguese National Strategic Reference Framework) and MCTES (Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education).
Keywords:
Estuarine Ecosystems,
Climate change impacts,
Meta-Analysis as Topic,
nao,
Zooplankton
Conference:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2014, Peniche, Portugal, 10 Jul - 11 Jul, 2014.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Citation:
Marques
SC,
Primo
AL,
Ikauniece
A,
Clemmesen
C,
Azemar
F,
Vuorinen
I,
Falcão
J,
Mäkinen
K,
Michèle
T,
Peck
M,
Pardal
MA,
Meire
P,
Damme
SV,
Maris
T,
Bamstedt
U,
Azeiteiro
UM and
Souissi
S
(2014). Climate-induced signatures in the zooplankton communities: a meta-analysis at a European scale..
Front. Mar. Sci.
Conference Abstract:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2014.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00041
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Received:
09 May 2014;
Published Online:
18 Jul 2014.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Sónia C Marques, CFE - Center for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Department of Life Science, Coimbra, Portugal, scotrim@ci.uc.pt