Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>As Arctic sea ice deteriorates, more light enters the ocean, causing largely unknown effects on the ecosystem. Using an autonomous biophysical observatory, we recorded zooplankton vertical distribution under Arctic sea ice from dusk to dawn...
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ftunivplympearl:oai:pearl.plymouth.ac.uk:10026.1/21754 2023-12-31T10:03:06+01:00 Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer Flores, Hauke Veyssière, Gaëlle Castellani, G Wilkinson, J Hoppmann, Mario Karcher, Michael Valcic, L::0000-0001-8615-9589 Cornils, Astrid Geoffroy, Maxime Valle, Ana Cristina Niehoff, Barbara Priou, Pierre Schmidt, Katrin Stroeve, Julienne 2023-11-28T13:47:25Z 1122-1130 application/pdf https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21754 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01779-1 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC ISSN:1758-678X ISSN:1758-6798 E-ISSN:1758-6798 1758-678X 1758-6798 https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/21754 doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01779-1 forever 13 Climate Action Journal Article 2023 ftunivplympearl https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01779-1 2023-12-01T00:07:36Z <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>As Arctic sea ice deteriorates, more light enters the ocean, causing largely unknown effects on the ecosystem. Using an autonomous biophysical observatory, we recorded zooplankton vertical distribution under Arctic sea ice from dusk to dawn of the polar night. Here we show that zooplankton ascend into the under-ice habitat during autumn twilight, following an isolume of 2.4 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup> W m<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>. We applied this trigger isolume to CMIP6 model outputs accounting for incoming radiation after sunset and before sunrise of the polar night. The models project that, in about three decades, the total time spent by zooplankton in the under-ice habitat could be reduced by up to one month, depending on geographic region. This will impact zooplankton winter survival, the Arctic foodweb, and carbon and nutrient fluxes. These findings highlight the importance of biological processes during the twilight periods for predicting change in high-latitude ecosystems.</jats:p> Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic polar night Sea ice Zooplankton PEARL (Plymouth Electronic Archiv & ResearchLibrary, Plymouth University) Nature Climate Change 13 10 1122 1130 |
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>As Arctic sea ice deteriorates, more light enters the ocean, causing largely unknown effects on the ecosystem. Using an autonomous biophysical observatory, we recorded zooplankton vertical distribution under Arctic sea ice from dusk to dawn of the polar night. Here we show that zooplankton ascend into the under-ice habitat during autumn twilight, following an isolume of 2.4 × 10<jats:sup>−4</jats:sup> W m<jats:sup>−2</jats:sup>. We applied this trigger isolume to CMIP6 model outputs accounting for incoming radiation after sunset and before sunrise of the polar night. The models project that, in about three decades, the total time spent by zooplankton in the under-ice habitat could be reduced by up to one month, depending on geographic region. This will impact zooplankton winter survival, the Arctic foodweb, and carbon and nutrient fluxes. These findings highlight the importance of biological processes during the twilight periods for predicting change in high-latitude ecosystems.</jats:p> |
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Flores, Hauke Veyssière, Gaëlle Castellani, G Wilkinson, J Hoppmann, Mario Karcher, Michael Valcic, L::0000-0001-8615-9589 Cornils, Astrid Geoffroy, Maxime Valle, Ana Cristina Niehoff, Barbara Priou, Pierre Schmidt, Katrin Stroeve, Julienne |
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Sea-ice decline could keep zooplankton deeper for longer |
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