[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept

C Marchese - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
In an era of human activities, global environmental changes, habitat loss and species
extinction, conservation strategies are a crucial step toward minimizing biodiversity loss. For …

Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward

N Pettorelli, H Schulte to Bühne… - Remote Sensing in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Societal, economic and scientific interests in knowing where biodiversity is, how it is faring
and what can be done to efficiently mitigate further biodiversity loss and the associated loss …

Impacts of warming on phytoplankton abundance and phenology in a typical tropical marine ecosystem

JA Gittings, DE Raitsos, G Krokos, I Hoteit - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In the tropics, thermal stratification (during warm conditions) may contribute to a shallowing
of the mixed layer above the nutricline and a reduction in the transfer of nutrients to the …

Lifeform indicators reveal large‐scale shifts in plankton across the North‐West European shelf

J Bedford, C Ostle, DG Johns, A Atkinson… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing direct human pressures on the marine environment, coupled with climate‐driven
changes, is a concern to marine ecosystems globally. This requires the development and …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in phytoplankton phenology in the Mediterranean Sea based on ocean-colour remote sensing

PM Salgado-Hernanz, MF Racault… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Seventeen years (1998–2014) of satellite-derived chlorophyll concentration (Chl)
are used to analyse the seasonal and non-seasonal patterns of Chl variability and the long …

Zooplankton monitoring to contribute towards addressing global biodiversity conservation challenges

S Chiba, S Batten, CS Martin, S Ivory… - Journal of plankton …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Oceanographers have an increasing responsibility to ensure that the outcomes of scientific
research are conveyed to the policy-making sphere to achieve conservation and sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplankton phenology indices in coral reef ecosystems: Application to ocean-color observations in the Red Sea

MF Racault, DE Raitsos, ML Berumen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Phytoplankton, at the base of the marine food web, represent a fundamental food source in
coral reef ecosystems. The timing (phenology) and magnitude of the phytoplankton biomass …

Applications of machine learning in Chemical and Biological Oceanography

B Sadaiappan, P Balakrishnan, V CR, NT Vijayan… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Machine learning (ML) refers to computer algorithms that predict a meaningful output or
categorize complex systems based on a large amount of data. ML is applied in various …

Plankton lifeforms as a biodiversity indicator for regional-scale assessment of pelagic habitats for policy

A McQuatters-Gollop, A Atkinson, A Aubert, J Bedford… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plankton are sensitive indicators of change and, at the base of marine food webs, they
underpin important ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and fisheries …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal characteristics of plankton indicators in coastal waters: High-frequency data from PlanktonScope

H Bi, J Song, J Zhao, H Liu, X Cheng, L Wang… - Journal of Sea …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plankton are excellent indicators of ecosystem status and fisheries because of their pivotal
role in marine food webs and their core values in the integrated ecosystem assessment …