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Spatial Distribution Pattern of the Mesozooplankton Community in Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area (RSR MPA) during Summer

Diversity
The Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area (RSR MPA) is one of the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean. Mesozooplankton intermediates the primary product to the higher predators, such as penguins and seals, in this ecosystem.
Sung Hoon Kim, Wuju Son, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Hyoung Sul La   +3 more
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Strong spatial partitioning of mesozooplankton in a dynamic frontal zone shapes trophic transfer efficiency

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Frontal zones are often areas of increased biological productivity and have hydrographic gradients on short spatial scales. The small scale of gradients poses a challenge in identifying differences in zooplankton community structure and trophic transfer efficiency through the pelagic food web.
Pieter D. L. Hovenkamp, Myron A. Peck, A. Frank van der Stappen, Dick van Oevelen   +3 more
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Diversity and Distribution of Mesozooplankton in the Coastal Southwestern Mediterranean Alboran Sea, during Summer: What Are the Driving Factors?

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
The southern Alboran Sea is a dynamic ecosystem and is highly influenced by Atlantic waters. Unfortunately, despite the importance of the mesozooplankton in this ecosystem, the number of studies on this ecosystem is low.
Mohamed Reda Benallal, Ahmed Errhif, Laila Somoue, Mohamed Laabir, Hervé Demarcq, Mohammed Idrissi, Aziz Agouzouk, Yassine Goliat, Hajar Idmoussi, Ahmed Makaoui, Omar Ettahiri   +10 more
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Ocean acidification effects on mesozooplankton community development: Results from a long-term mesocosm experiment. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Ocean acidification may affect zooplankton directly by decreasing in pH, as well as indirectly via trophic pathways, where changes in carbon availability or pH effects on primary producers may cascade up the food web thereby altering ecosystem ...
María Algueró-Muñiz, Santiago Alvarez-Fernandez, Peter Thor, Lennart T Bach, Mario Esposito, Henriette G Horn, Ursula Ecker, Julia A F Langer, Jan Taucher, Arne M Malzahn, Ulf Riebesell, Maarten Boersma   +11 more
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Multi-marker metabarcoding approach to study mesozooplankton at basin scale

Scientific Reports, 2018
Zooplankton plays a pivotal role in marine ecosystems and the characterisation of its biodiversity still represents a challenge for marine ecologists.
S. Stefanni, D. Stanković, D. Borme, A. de Olazabal, Tea Juretić, A. Pallavicini, V. Tirelli   +6 more
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Salinity, turbidity, and chlorophyll drive zooplankton succession in a temperate estuary under anthropogenic pressure

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Estuarine zooplankton are vital primary consumers and essential for estuarine ecosystem functioning and productivity, but they face strong physico‐biochemical gradients and often anthropogenically altered habitats that impact their succession.
Johanna Biederbick, Christian Möllmann, Vanessa Russnak, Rolf Koppelmann   +3 more
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Warming effects on marine microzooplankton and mixoplankton: Physiological responses, community reorganization, and implications for a warming ocean

Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 71, Issue 8, August 2026.
Abstract Microzooplankton and mixoplankton are key regulators of marine food webs, yet their responses to ocean warming and thermal extremes remain incompletely integrated across physiological, community, and ecosystem scales. This synthesis examines how temperature shapes the physiology, trophic strategies, and community dynamics of these protistan ...
Albert Calbet
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Copepod-Associated Gammaproteobacteria Respire Nitrate in the Open Ocean Surface Layers

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Microbial dissimilatory nitrate reduction to nitrite, or nitrate respiration, was detected in association with copepods in the oxygenated water column of the North Atlantic subtropical waters.
Pia H. Moisander, Katyanne M. Shoemaker, Meaghan C. Daley, Elizabeth McCliment, Jennifer Larkum, Mark A. Altabet   +5 more
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Limited connectivity of zooplankton communities across the Labrador Front: role of physical oceanography, insights from individual motility

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
Near the western margin of the highly productive Labrador Sea, the Labrador Current creates a large and steep oceanographic front between the Arctic‐origin shelf waters and the Atlantic offshore waters (i.e. the Labrador Front), presumably segregating or accumulating plankton communities.
Laure Vilgrain, David Coté, Frédéric Cyr, Gérald Darnis, Cyril Aubry, Genevieve Johnson, Rodd Laing, Maxime Geoffroy   +7 more
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Dynamic factor analysis of mesozooplankton variability in the Gulf of Cádiz

Frontiers in Marine Science
Mesozooplankton plays a key role in pelagic ecosystems, acting as an intermediate trophic link and a modulator of biogeochemical cycles. However, its dynamics remain poorly understood on the northeastern shelf of the Gulf of Cádiz, a highly productive ...
Susana Rodríguez-Gálvez, Pablo Almaraz, Diego Macías, Manuel Fernández-Barba, Javier Ruiz   +4 more
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