1. Reorganization of North Atlantic marine copepod biodiversity and climate. (Reports)
- Author
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Beaugrand, Gregory, Reid, Philip C., Ibanez, Frederic, Lindley, J. Alistair, and Edwards, Martin
- Subjects
North Atlantic Ocean -- Environmental aspects ,Biogeochemical cycles -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects ,Marine ecology -- Analysis -- Environmental aspects ,Science and technology ,Analysis ,Environmental aspects - Abstract
We provide evidence of large-scale changes in the biogeography of calanoid copepod crustaceans in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and European shelf seas. We demonstrate that strong biogeographical shifts in all copepod assemblages have occurred with a northward extension of more than 10° latitude of warm-water species associated with a decrease in the number of colderwater species. These biogeographical shifts are in agreement with recent changes in the spatial distribution and phenology detected for many taxonomic groups in terrestrial European ecosystems and are related to both the increasing trend in Northern Hemisphere temperature and the North Atlantic Oscillation., Zooplankton play an important role in the functioning of marine ecosystems and in biogeochemical cycles (1). Interannual changes of their species assemblages often reflect an integrated response of the ecosystem [...]
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- 2002