Machine learning techniques to characterize functional traits of plankton from image data

EC Orenstein, SD Ayata, F Maps… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plankton imaging systems supported by automated classification and analysis have
improved ecologists' ability to observe aquatic ecosystems. Today, we are on the cusp of …

Increasing nutrient stress reduces the efficiency of energy transfer through planktonic size spectra

A Atkinson, MKS Lilley, AG Hirst… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Size‐spectral approaches quantify the efficiency of energy transfer through food webs, but
theory and field studies disagree over how changes in temperature, nutrients, and extreme …

Control of a phytoplankton bloom by wind‐driven vertical mixing and light availability

JE Hopkins, MR Palmer, AJ Poulton… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The balance of physical and biological processes governing phytoplankton growth rates and
the accumulation of biomass is widely debated in the literature, notably during the winter …

Body size and stable isotope composition of zooplankton in the western tropical Atlantic

GGAA De Figueiredo, R Schwamborn… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Size-based approaches are paramount tools for the study of marine food webs. Here, we
investigated the relationship between zooplankton body size, stable isotope composition …

[HTML][HTML] A first approach to build and test the Copepod Mean Size and Total Abundance (CMSTA) ecological indicator using in-situ size measurements from the …

SG Pitois, CA Graves, H Close, C Lynam, J Scott… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Being located between primary producers and fish, zooplankton are a key element of marine
food webs, the trophic structure of which is dependent upon the size distribution of species …

[HTML][HTML] The Western Channel Observatory: a century of physical, chemical and biological data compiled from pelagic and benthic habitats in the western English …

AJ McEvoy, A Atkinson, RL Airs… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Abstract The Western Channel Observatory (WCO) comprises a series of pelagic, benthic
and atmospheric sampling sites within 40 km of Plymouth, UK, that have been sampled by …

Mesozooplankton community structure and trophic relationships in an austral high-latitude ecosystem (Beagle Channel): The role of bottom-up and top-down forces …

ML Presta, L Riccialdelli, DO Bruno, LR Castro… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-latitude marine environments, such as the Beagle Channel, are highly vulnerable to
modifications related to climate change and anthropogenic impacts, which can rapidly affect …

The Celtic Sea through time and space: Ecosystem modeling to unravel fishing and climate change impacts on food-web structure and dynamics

PY Hernvann, D Gascuel, A Grüss, JN Druon… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Both trophic structure and biomass flow within marine food webs are influenced by the
abiotic environment and anthropogenic stressors such as fishing. The abiotic environment …

Are plankton nets a thing of the past? An assessment of in situ imaging of zooplankton for large-scale ecosystem assessment and policy decision-making

SLC Giering, PF Culverhouse, DG Johns… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Zooplankton are fundamental to aquatic ecosystem services such as carbon and nutrient
cycling. Therefore, a robust evidence base of how zooplankton respond to changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Observations of vertical mixing in autumn and its effect on the autumn phytoplankton bloom

JU Wihsgott, J Sharples, JE Hopkins… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work examines the seasonal cycle of vertical density structure and its influence on
primary production in a temperate shelf sea, with a particular focus on the breakdown of …