Marine life is controlled by multiple physical and chemical drivers and by diverse ecological
processes. Many of these oceanic properties are being altered by climate change and other …

Climate change has multiple effects on Baltic Sea species, communities and ecosystem
functioning through changes in physical and biogeochemical environmental characteristics …

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 …

We review the literature on the relationship between water temperature and size of
freshwater phytoplankton, to examine the hypothesis that freshwater phytoplankton, like …

Microbial food web organisms are at the base of the functioning of pelagic ecosystems and
support the whole marine food web. They are very reactive to environmental changes and …

Phytoplankton cell or colony sizes range from< 1 µm to several cm, ie 4–5 orders of
magnitude in linear dimensions, which is roughly equivalent to the log-size span within …

The few studies on the impact of vessel scrubber effluents on the marine environment
indicate adverse effects. Phytoplankton and bacterioplankton, the most abundant organisms …

Legal requirement in Europe asks for Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in
European seas, including consideration of trophic interactions and minimization of negative …

Antarctic near-shore waters are amongst the most sensitive in the world to ocean
acidification. Microbes occupying these waters are critical drivers of ecosystem productivity …

Food chains in the pelagic zones of oceans and lakes are longer than in terrestrial
ecosystems. The perception of the pelagic food web has become increasingly complex by …