Macroscale patterns of oceanic zooplankton composition and size structure

Type : ACL
Nature : Production scientifique
Au bénéfice du Laboratoire : Oui
Statut de publication : Publié
Année de publication : 2021
Auteurs (41) : BRANDÃO Manoela,c BENEDETTI Fabio MARTINI Séverine SOVIADAN Dodji,yawouvi IRISSON Jean-olivier ROMAGNAN Jean-baptiste ELINEAU Amanda DESNOS Corinne JALABERT Laetitia FREIRE Andrea,s PICHERAL Marc GUIDI Lionel GORSKY Gabriel BOWLER Chris KARP-BOSS Lee HENRY Nicolas DE VARGAS Colomban SULLIVAN Matthew,b ACINAS Silvia,g BABIN Marcel BORK Peer BOSS Emmanuel COCHRANE Guy GRIMSLEY Nigel HINGAMP Pascal IUDICONE Daniele JAILLON Olivier KANDELS Stefanie KARSENTI Eric NOT Fabrice OGATA Hiroyuki POULTON Nicole PESANT Stéphane RAES Jeroen SARDET Christian SPEICH Sabrina STEMMANN Lars SUNAGAWA Shinichi WINCKER Patrick LOMBARD Fabien TARA OCEANS CONSORTIUM Coordinators
Revue scientifique : Scientific Reports
Volume : 11
Fascicule : 1
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DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-94615-5
URL : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94615-5
Abstract : Ocean plankton comprise organisms from viruses to fish larvae that are fundamental to ecosystem functioning and the provision of marine services such as fisheries and CO2 sequestration. The latter services are partly governed by variations in plankton community composition and the expression of traits such as body size at community-level. While community assembly has been thoroughly studied for the smaller end of the plankton size spectrum, the larger end comprises ectotherms that are often studied at the species, or group-level, rather than as communities. The body size of marine ectotherms decreases with temperature, but controls on community-level traits remain elusive, hindering the predictability of marine services provision. Here, we leverage Tara Oceans datasets to determine how zooplankton community composition and size structure varies with latitude, temperature and productivity-related covariates in the global surface ocean. Zooplankton abundance and median size decreased towards warmer and less productive environments, as a result of changes in copepod composition. However, some clades displayed the opposite relationships, which may be ascribed to alternative feeding strategies. Given that climate models predict increasingly warmed and stratified oceans, our findings suggest that zooplankton communities will shift towards smaller organisms which might weaken their contribution to the biological carbon pump.
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Brandão MC, Benedetti F, Martini S, Soviadan DY, Irisson J-O, Romagnan J-B, Elineau A, Desnos C, Jalabert L, Freire AS, Picheral M, Guidi L, Gorsky G, Bowler C, Karp-Boss L, Henry N, De Vargas C, Sullivan MB, Acinas SG, Babin M, Bork P, Boss E, Cochrane G, Grimsley N, Hingamp P, Iudicone D, Jaillon O, Kandels S, Karsenti E, Not F, Ogata H, Poulton N, Pesant S, Raes J, Sardet C, Speich S, Stemmann L, Sunagawa S, Wincker P, Lombard F, Tara Oceans Consortium C (2021) Macroscale patterns of oceanic zooplankton composition and size structure. Scientific Reports 11 | doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-94615-5