Taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in Antarctic plankton
Antarctic waters are particularly productive, but its trophic web must evolve under extremely cold temperatures and wide environmental variability at seasonal scale. These special features determine a singular predator community since ectothermic vertebrates are physiologically limited and large-siz...
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ftunivlaspalmas:oai:accedacris.ulpgc.es:10553/114165 2023-05-15T14:06:26+02:00 Taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in Antarctic plankton García Muñoz, Cristina Cózar, Andrés García, Carlos Manuel Lubián, Luis María Hernández León, Santiago Manuel BU-BAS 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10553/114165 eng eng IV Congress of Marine Sciences 84-697-0471-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10553/114165 Sí Book of Abstracts submitted to the IV Congress of Marine Sciences. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June 11th to 13th 2014, p. 270 2401 Biología animal (zoología) 240119 Zoología marina info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject ConferenceObject 2014 ftunivlaspalmas 2022-03-29T23:12:40Z Antarctic waters are particularly productive, but its trophic web must evolve under extremely cold temperatures and wide environmental variability at seasonal scale. These special features determine a singular predator community since ectothermic vertebrates are physiologically limited and large-sized en- dotherms, especially those able to accumulate great energy reserves (e.g. emperor penguin) or migrate over long distances (e.g. cetaceans, flying seabirds), find considerable competitive advantages. Although trophic pathways through fish can be regionally significant, their role in Antarctic waters could be considered negligible compared to other similarly productive ecosystems. The lack of planktivorous fish is likely responsible for the successful development of large-sized planktivorous invertebrates. Here, we show how the size classification of the invertebrate organisms in the Antarctic waters get rise to a bumpy biomass distribution with pronounced peaks and troughs, and including exceptionally large organisms. This pattern considerably differs from the size distributions of oligotrophic marine waters but shows strong similarities with the one described for a fish-less temporary lake. Two alternative plankton size spectra were described, one dominated by krill and fueled by large phytoplankton and another one dominated by salps and fueled by small phytoplankton. The biomass accumulations in large size ranges are persistent due to longevity and the complementary wintry foraging strategy of krill. In the case of salps, their short life cycle is balanced with their ability to produce explosive blooms under favorable conditions and their sexual-cycle overwintering strategy. The trophic consequences of a shift from krill to salps dominated Southern Ocean are still unknown but feeding interactions among the main pelagic predators have been discussed to complete a general overview of the Antarctic pelagic realm in the size spectrum. 270 270 1 Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Acceda Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarctic waters are particularly productive, but its trophic web must evolve under extremely cold temperatures and wide environmental variability at seasonal scale. These special features determine a singular predator community since ectothermic vertebrates are physiologically limited and large-sized en- dotherms, especially those able to accumulate great energy reserves (e.g. emperor penguin) or migrate over long distances (e.g. cetaceans, flying seabirds), find considerable competitive advantages. Although trophic pathways through fish can be regionally significant, their role in Antarctic waters could be considered negligible compared to other similarly productive ecosystems. The lack of planktivorous fish is likely responsible for the successful development of large-sized planktivorous invertebrates. Here, we show how the size classification of the invertebrate organisms in the Antarctic waters get rise to a bumpy biomass distribution with pronounced peaks and troughs, and including exceptionally large organisms. This pattern considerably differs from the size distributions of oligotrophic marine waters but shows strong similarities with the one described for a fish-less temporary lake. Two alternative plankton size spectra were described, one dominated by krill and fueled by large phytoplankton and another one dominated by salps and fueled by small phytoplankton. The biomass accumulations in large size ranges are persistent due to longevity and the complementary wintry foraging strategy of krill. In the case of salps, their short life cycle is balanced with their ability to produce explosive blooms under favorable conditions and their sexual-cycle overwintering strategy. The trophic consequences of a shift from krill to salps dominated Southern Ocean are still unknown but feeding interactions among the main pelagic predators have been discussed to complete a general overview of the Antarctic pelagic realm in the size spectrum. 270 270 1 |
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García Muñoz, Cristina Cózar, Andrés García, Carlos Manuel Lubián, Luis María Hernández León, Santiago Manuel |
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García Muñoz, Cristina Cózar, Andrés García, Carlos Manuel Lubián, Luis María Hernández León, Santiago Manuel |
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García Muñoz, Cristina |
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Taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in Antarctic plankton |
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Taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in Antarctic plankton |
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Taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in Antarctic plankton |
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Taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in Antarctic plankton |
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Taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in Antarctic plankton |
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taxonomic and trophic assembly of the size spectrum in antarctic plankton |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean |
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Book of Abstracts submitted to the IV Congress of Marine Sciences. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June 11th to 13th 2014, p. 270 |
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IV Congress of Marine Sciences 84-697-0471-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10553/114165 Sí |
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