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Phenology of Oithona similis demonstrates that ecological flexibility may be a winning trait in the warming Arctic.
| العنوان: | Phenology of Oithona similis demonstrates that ecological flexibility may be a winning trait in the warming Arctic. |
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| المؤلفون: | Balazy, Kaja, Boehnke, Rafał, Trudnowska, Emilia, Søreide, Janne E., Błachowiak-Samołyk, Katarzyna |
| المصدر: | Scientific Reports; 9/20/2021, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-13, 13p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | OITHONA, PHENOLOGY, ZOOPLANKTON, OCEAN temperature |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | ARCTIC Ocean |
| مستخلص: | Rapidly warming Arctic is facing significant shifts in the zooplankton size-spectra manifested as increasing numbers of the small-sized copepod Oithona similis. Here we present a unique continuous data set covering 22 months, on its copepodite structure along with environmental drivers in the Atlantic-influenced high Arctic fjord Isfjorden (Spitsbergen). Abundance maxima of O. similis were observed in September when the highest seawater temperature was recorded. A high concentration of the indicator species of Atlantification Oithona atlantica was also observed at that time. The clear dominance of O. similis in the zooplankton community during the dark, theoretically unproductive season emphasizes its substantial role in sustaining a continuous carbon flow, when most of the large herbivorous copepods fall into sleeping state. The high sex ratio observed twice in both years during periods of high primary production suggests two main reproductive events per year. O. similis reproduced even in very low temperatures (< 0 °C) previously thought to limit their fecundity, which proves its unique thermal tolerance. Our study provides a new insight on ecology of this key copepod of marine ecosystems across the globe, and thus confirm the Climatic Variability Hypothesis assuming that natural selection favour species with such flexible adaptive traits as O. similis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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