Changes in Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Communities Common Indicator Assessment Changes in Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Communities

• Main Authors: Holland, Matthew, Louchart, Arnaud, Artigas, Luis Felipe, Mcquatters-Gollop, Abigail
• Other Authors: Marine Biological Association, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Nord ), Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO), Plymouth University, OSPAR Commission, London
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04404131; https://hal.science/hal-04404131/document; https://hal.science/hal-04404131/file/p00941_ph1fw5_qsr2023.pdf

International audience Between 2015 and 2019 plankton functional groups experienced significant changes in abundance, reflecting a continuation of long-term trends. Larvae of benthic invertebrates increased, while other groups mostly decreased. Observed changes were primarily linked to rising temperatures within offshore areas in the North-East Atlantic, and to nutrients in some coastal areas.