Zooplankton are major consumers of phytoplankton primary production in marine
ecosystems. As such, they represent a critical link for energy and matter transfer between …

The timing of recurring biological and seasonal environmental events is changing on a
global scale relative to temperature and other climate drivers. This study considers the Gulf …

Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

The northeastern North American continental shelf from Cape Hatteras to the Scotian Shelf
is a region of globally extreme positive trends in sea surface temperature (SST). Here, a 33 …

Extreme environmental events are often catalysts for adaptive changes. Like many such
events, the 2012 marine heatwave in the Gulf of Maine revealed unexpected connections …

Ocean waters of the Northeast US continental shelf have warmed rapidly in recent years,
with sea surface temperatures rising 2.5 times faster than those of the global oceans. With …

Abstract The Gulf of Maine hosts the southernmost remaining population of North American
Atlantic salmon. Despite extensive hatchery supplementation since the late 1800s, and more …

Significant shifts in the phenology of life-cycle events have been observed in diverse taxa
throughout the global oceans. While the migration phenology of marine fish and …

Despite extensive studies of phenological shifts associated with climate change, a few
unresolved issues remain. In particular, little is known about the phenological shifts of …

River herring—a collective name for the Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus and Blueback
Herring A. aestivalis—play a crucial role in freshwater and marine ecosystems along the …