Seawater browning alters community composition and reduces nutritional quality of plankton in a subarctic marine ecosystem

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Bandara, Tharindu, Brugel, Sonia, Andersson, Agneta, Lau, Danny Chun Pong
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2022
• Subjects: Browning; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0118; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0118; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0118

Inflows of coloured terrestrial organic matter cause seawater browning and reduced phytoplankton production in subarctic coastal ecosystems, potentially deteriorating the nutritional quality of marine food webs. We analyzed the fatty-acid (FA) compositions of seston and the zooplankton taxa Eurytemo...