May 28, 2013 · Plankton are at the base of a complex aquatic food web. During this activity you will learn how to create your own food web. You will also analyze the feeding relationships between marine organisms and describe plankton’s importance to the ecosystem.

Dec 6, 2024 · Our study provides evidence of a safe implementation of OAE in an oligotrophic, close-to-natural plankton food web, making a first promising step toward defining a framework of environmentally responsible deployments.

Feb 14, 2019 · Oligotrophic and productive areas of the ocean differ in plankton community composition and biomass transfer efficiency. Here, we describe the plankton community along a latitudinal transect in...

By linking diversity, structure and function in the plankton food-web, we discuss the role of internal mechanisms, relying on species-specific functionalities, in driving the ‘adaptive’ responses of plankton communities to perturbations.

Jan 19, 2024 · Our results showed that spring is characterized by the strongest vertical and size-structured plankton food-web, mainly fueled by the phytoplankton bloom. As a result, spring displayed the...

Dec 15, 2023 · Food web structures in marine plankton communities lead to the following critical questions: (i) What is the dominant food web structure in individual plankton samples or locations in the global ocean? (ii) Which food web structure retains high carbon biomass in the plankton community? (iii) Does the food web structure persist in time and space?

changes in both zoo- and bacterioplankton. Effects of HABs on the food web can be mitigated by zoo-plankton grazers, which have varying susceptibility to HAB toxins.4 Furthermore, HAB species, by virtue of their high abundance, often severely reduce the oxygen present in …

Plankton models could potentially benefit from the integration of the trophic diversity outlined in this paper: first, by using more realistic rates; second, by better defining trophic roles of consumers in the planktonic web.

Jan 13, 2025 · Understanding plankton growth influences ecological balance and climate regulation through carbon sequestration. Exploring how different types of plankton thrive, what factors affect their proliferation, and their roles within marine food webs can offer insights into maintaining healthy oceans. Types of Plankton

May 15, 2024 · Plankton food web consists of two major paths, the classical grazing food chain and microbial loop. The amount of carbon flux of microbial and classical food webs is an important determinant of the complexity of the food web structure in aquatic environments.