Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean
Climate change is affecting the hydrodynamics of the world’s oceans. How these changes will influence the productivity, distribution and abundance of phytoplankton communities is an urgent research question. Here we provide a unique high-resolution mesoscale description of the phytoplankton communit...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/7147b80e-4e67-4ec8-9301-a3c86fe1c428 2024-06-02T07:57:44+00:00 Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean Mojica, Kristina D. A. van de Poll, Willem H. Kehoe, Michael Huisman, Jef Timmermans, Klaas R. Buma, Anita G. J. van der Woerd, Hans J . Hahn-Woernle, Lisa Dijkstra, Henk A. Brussaard, Corina P. D. 2015-09 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/7147b80e-4e67-4ec8-9301-a3c86fe1c428 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/7147b80e-4e67-4ec8-9301-a3c86fe1c428 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10113 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/84881863/Phytoplankton_community_structure_in_relation_to_vertical_stratification_along_a_north.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/7147b80e-4e67-4ec8-9301-a3c86fe1c428 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Mojica , K D A , van de Poll , W H , Kehoe , M , Huisman , J , Timmermans , K R , Buma , A G J , van der Woerd , H J , Hahn-Woernle , L , Dijkstra , H A & Brussaard , C P D 2015 , ' Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean ' , Limnology and Oceanography , vol. 60 , no. 5 , pp. 1498-1521 . https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10113 LIGHT-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS FOOD-WEB STRUCTURE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS CLIMATE-CHANGE CARBON-CYCLE GLOBAL OCEAN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA DECADAL CHANGES COASTAL WATERS CRITICAL DEPTH article 2015 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10113 2024-05-07T19:40:19Z Climate change is affecting the hydrodynamics of the world’s oceans. How these changes will influence the productivity, distribution and abundance of phytoplankton communities is an urgent research question. Here we provide a unique high-resolution mesoscale description of the phytoplankton community composition in relation to vertical mixing conditions and other key physicochemical parameters along a meridional section of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Phytoplankton, assessed by a combination of flow cytometry and pigment fingerprinting (HPLC-CHEMTAX), and physicochemical data were collected from the top 250 m water column during the spring of 2011 and summer of 2009. Multivariate analysis identified water column stratification (based on 100 m depth-integrated Brunt–Vais € al € € a frequency N2 ) as one of the key drivers for the distribution and separation of different phytoplankton taxa and size classes. Our results demonstrate that increased stratification (1) broadened the geographic range of Prochlorococcus as oligotrophic areas expanded northward, (2) increased the contribution of picoeukaryotic phytoplankton to total autotrophic organic carbon (< 20 lm), and (3) decreased the abundances of diatoms and cryptophytes. We discuss the implications of our findings for the classification of phytoplankton functional types in biogeochemical and ecological ocean models. As phytoplankton taxonomic composition and size affects productivity, biogeochemical cycling, ocean carbon storage and marine food web dynamics, the results provide essential information for models aimed at predicting future states of the ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Northeast Atlantic University of Groningen research database Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Limnology and Oceanography 60 5 1498 1521 |
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LIGHT-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS FOOD-WEB STRUCTURE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS CLIMATE-CHANGE CARBON-CYCLE GLOBAL OCEAN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA DECADAL CHANGES COASTAL WATERS CRITICAL DEPTH |
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LIGHT-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS FOOD-WEB STRUCTURE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS CLIMATE-CHANGE CARBON-CYCLE GLOBAL OCEAN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA DECADAL CHANGES COASTAL WATERS CRITICAL DEPTH Mojica, Kristina D. A. van de Poll, Willem H. Kehoe, Michael Huisman, Jef Timmermans, Klaas R. Buma, Anita G. J. van der Woerd, Hans J . Hahn-Woernle, Lisa Dijkstra, Henk A. Brussaard, Corina P. D. Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
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LIGHT-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS FOOD-WEB STRUCTURE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS CLIMATE-CHANGE CARBON-CYCLE GLOBAL OCEAN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA DECADAL CHANGES COASTAL WATERS CRITICAL DEPTH |
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Climate change is affecting the hydrodynamics of the world’s oceans. How these changes will influence the productivity, distribution and abundance of phytoplankton communities is an urgent research question. Here we provide a unique high-resolution mesoscale description of the phytoplankton community composition in relation to vertical mixing conditions and other key physicochemical parameters along a meridional section of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Phytoplankton, assessed by a combination of flow cytometry and pigment fingerprinting (HPLC-CHEMTAX), and physicochemical data were collected from the top 250 m water column during the spring of 2011 and summer of 2009. Multivariate analysis identified water column stratification (based on 100 m depth-integrated Brunt–Vais € al € € a frequency N2 ) as one of the key drivers for the distribution and separation of different phytoplankton taxa and size classes. Our results demonstrate that increased stratification (1) broadened the geographic range of Prochlorococcus as oligotrophic areas expanded northward, (2) increased the contribution of picoeukaryotic phytoplankton to total autotrophic organic carbon (< 20 lm), and (3) decreased the abundances of diatoms and cryptophytes. We discuss the implications of our findings for the classification of phytoplankton functional types in biogeochemical and ecological ocean models. As phytoplankton taxonomic composition and size affects productivity, biogeochemical cycling, ocean carbon storage and marine food web dynamics, the results provide essential information for models aimed at predicting future states of the ocean. |
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Mojica, Kristina D. A. van de Poll, Willem H. Kehoe, Michael Huisman, Jef Timmermans, Klaas R. Buma, Anita G. J. van der Woerd, Hans J . Hahn-Woernle, Lisa Dijkstra, Henk A. Brussaard, Corina P. D. |
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Mojica, Kristina D. A. van de Poll, Willem H. Kehoe, Michael Huisman, Jef Timmermans, Klaas R. Buma, Anita G. J. van der Woerd, Hans J . Hahn-Woernle, Lisa Dijkstra, Henk A. Brussaard, Corina P. D. |
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Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
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Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
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Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
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Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
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Phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean |
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phytoplankton community structure in relation to vertical stratification along a north-south gradient in the northeast atlantic ocean |
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https://hdl.handle.net/11370/7147b80e-4e67-4ec8-9301-a3c86fe1c428 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/7147b80e-4e67-4ec8-9301-a3c86fe1c428 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10113 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/84881863/Phytoplankton_community_structure_in_relation_to_vertical_stratification_along_a_north.pdf |
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