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Long‐term monitoring reveals biomass loss and concurrent dominance changes in coastal zooplankton community

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 4, April 2026.
Anthropogenically induced changes in environmental conditions have been affecting species communities globally, leading to shifts in ecosystem functioning. Physical drivers like temperature, salinity and acidification are especially important in coastal ecosystems, and high‐resolution time‐series are essential to identify how these variables affect ...
Tjardo Stoffers, Louise Forsblom, Aleksandra M. Lewandowska, Maiju Lehtiniemi   +3 more
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Life cycle traits of two transatlantic populations of Eurytemora affinis (Copepoda: Calanoida): salinity effects [PDF]

Journal of Plankton Research, 2009
While the populations of the copepod Eurytemora affinis are often morphologically (i.e. taxonomy) indistinguishable, the species complex is composed of genetically distinct clades, representing divergent evolutionary histories. The most distant clades, genetically and morphologically (i.e.
Beyrend-Dur, Delphine, Souissi, Sami, Devreker, David, Winkler, Gesche, Hwang, Jiang Shiou   +4 more
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A century of theories of balancing selection

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 804-825, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Traits that affect organismal fitness are often highly genetically variable. This genetic variation is vital for populations to adapt to their environments, but it is also surprising given that nature – after all – ‘selects’ the best genotypes at the expense of those that fall short.
Filip Ruzicka, Martyna K. Zwoinska, Debora Goedert, Hanna Kokko, Xiang‐Yi Li Richter, Iain R. Moodie, Sofie Nilén, Colin Olito, Erik I. Svensson, Peter Czuppon, Tim Connallon   +10 more
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First evidence of lithium toxicity in the cryptic species complex of the estuarine copepod Eurytemora affinis

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
The development of renewable and low-carbon energy sources means that strategic elements such as lithium (Li) are increasingly being used. The data available on the effects of Li on aquatic organisms are relatively scarce. The copepod Eurytemora affinis,
Quentin Peignot, Gesche Winkler, Ellia Roy, Nathalie Giusti, Joëlle Forget-Leray   +4 more
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Review of environmental factors influencing distributions of selected Baltic species [PDF]

, 2015
This report presents a brief overview of ecologically or economically important species of different habitats and trophic levels in the Baltic. It supplies the modeling groups within BIO C3 with species specific information on environmental tolerances ...
Behrens, Jane, Bonsdorff, Erik, Clemmesen, Catriona, Dutz, Jörg, Jaspers, Cornelia, Kotta, Jonna, Kotterba, Paul, Kuosa, Harry, Lehtiniemi, Maiju, Mittermayer, Felix, Neuenfeldt, Stefan, Niemax, J., Oesterwind, Daniel, Ojaveer, Henn, Peters, Janna, Puntila, Riikka, Renz, Jasmin, Setälä, Outi, Siaulys, Andrius, Temming, Axel, Törnroos, Anna, Winder, Monika, Zaiko, Anastasija   +22 more
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Taxonomy and Functional Traits Modulate the Environmental Niche Dimensions of Crustacean Zooplankton Communities in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Beds

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Community ecologists now recognise the importance of simultaneously integrating spatial and environmental processes, together with functional traits and phylogeny to provide a more complete understanding of community responses to environmental conditions.
Patricia Bolduc, Zofia E. Taranu, Bernadette Pinel‐Alloul, Andrea Bertolo   +3 more
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GENETIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF THE COPEPOD EURYTEMORA AFFINIS TO SEASONAL TEMPERATURES [PDF]

Genetics, 1978
ABSTRACT Evidence of significant additive genetic (genic) variance in temperature tolerance of the copepod Eurytemora affinis was derived from several sources. Differences were observed between average tolerances of progeny of animals exposed and not exposed to heat shock in a power plant.
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Zooplankton of tidal marsh channels in relation to environmental variables in the upper San Francisco Estuary

Aquatic Biology, 2014
Zooplankton are important trophic intermediaries between aquatic primary producers and higher level consumers such as fish, but to date they have been little studied in intertidal marshes.
SM Bollens, JK Breckenridge, JR Cordell, CA Simenstad, O Kalata   +4 more
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DNA Metabarcoding as a Tool to Study Plankton Responses to Warming and Salinity Change in Mesocosms

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.
To assess the impact of future climate change on Baltic Sea plankton communities, we conducted a mesocosm experiment manipulating temperature and salinity, using both microscopy‐based and DNA metabarcoding for plankton identification. Our results show that warming primarily influenced lower trophic levels, increasing community evenness and favouring ...
Clio Abbie Marjorie Hall, Nicolas Henry, Oriol Canals, Gianina Consing, Naiara Rodríguez‐Ezpeleta, Aleksandra M. Lewandowska   +5 more
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Climatic facilitation of the colonization of an estuary by Acartia tonsa.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Global change has become a major driving force of both terrestrial and marine systems. Located at the interface between these two realms, estuarine ecosystems are probably the place where both direct and indirect effects of human activities conspire ...
Aurélie Chaalali, Grégory Beaugrand, Virginie Raybaud, Eric Goberville, Valérie David, Philippe Boët, Benoit Sautour   +6 more
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