Plankton are a pivotal component of the diversity and functioning of coastal marine
ecosystems. A long time-series of observations is the best tool to trace their patterns and …

Climate change is having a dramatic impact on marine animal and plant communities but
little is known of its influence on marine prokaryotes, which represent the largest living …

Climate change and resource exploitation have been shown to modify the importance of
bottom-up and top-down forces in ecosystems. However, the resulting pattern of trophic …

Abstract The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that Good
Environmental Status (GEnS), is achieved for European seas by 2020. These may deviate …

Global ocean warming, wave extreme events, and accelerating sea-level rise are
challenges that coastal communities must address to anticipate damages in coming …

Abstract In the North Atlantic, euphausiids (krill) form a major link between primary
production and predators including commercially exploited fish. This basin is warming very …

Analyses of long-term temperature records based on satellite data have revealed an
increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) in the world oceans, a …

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 …

The nano-and picoplankton community at Station L4 in the Western English Channel was
studied between 2007 and 2013 by flow cytometry to quantify abundance and investigate …

Since 2007, the biomass of sardine and anchovy in the NW Mediterranean has remained
persistently low, whereas the biomass of the commercially low-valued sprat has exploded …