dc.contributor.author	Haberlin, Damien
dc.contributor.author	Raine, Robin
dc.contributor.author	McAllen, Rob
dc.contributor.author	Doyle, Thomas K.
dc.contributor.funder	Science Foundation Ireland	en
dc.contributor.funder	Horizon 2020	en
dc.date.accessioned	2019-11-19T10:19:28Z
dc.date.available	2019-11-19T10:19:28Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03-13
dc.description.abstract	Abstract: Understanding how gelatinous zooplankton communities are structured by local hydrography and physical forcing has important implications for fisheries and higher trophic predators. Although a large body of research has described how fronts, hydrographic boundaries, and different water masses (e.g., mixed vs. stratified) influence phytoplankton and zooplankton communities, comparatively few studies have investigated their influence on gelatinous zooplankton communities. In July 2015, 49 plankton samples were collected from 50 m depth to the surface, across five transects in the Celtic Sea, of which, four crossed the Celtic Sea Front. Two distinct gelatinous communities were found in this dynamic shelf sea: a cold water community in the cooler mixed water that mainly contained neritic taxa and a warm water community in the warmer stratified water that contained a mixture of neritic and oceanic taxa. The gelatinous biomass was 40% greater in the warm water community (∼ 2 mg C m−3) compared with the cold water community (∼ 1.3 mg C m−3). The warm water community was dominated by Aglantha digitale, Lizzia blondina, and Nanomia bijuga, whereas the cold water community was dominated by Clytia hemisphaerica and ctenophores. Physonect siphonophores contributed > 36% to the gelatinous biomass in the warm water community, and their widespread distribution suggests they are ecologically more important than previously thought. A distinct oceanic influence was also recorded in the wider warm water zooplankton community, accounting for a ∼ 20 mg C m−3 increase in biomass in that region.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Irish Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Research Programme 2014–2020; CERES project	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Published Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Haberlin, D., Raine, R., McAllen, R. and Doyle, T.K., 2019. Distinct gelatinous zooplankton communities across a dynamic shelf sea. Limnology and Oceanography. (17pp). DOI:10.1002/lno.11152	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/lno.11152	en
dc.identifier.eissn	1939-5590
dc.identifier.endpage	17	en
dc.identifier.issn	0024-3590
dc.identifier.journaltitle	Limnology and Oceanography	en
dc.identifier.startpage	1	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/9062
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Wiley	en
dc.relation.project	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2302/IE/Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) - The SFI Centre for Marine Renewable Energy Research/	en
dc.relation.uri	https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.11152
dc.rights	© 2019 The Authors. Limnology and Oceanography published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	en
dc.subject	Zooplankton communities	en
dc.subject	Shelf sea	en
dc.subject	Structure	en
dc.title	Distinct gelatinous zooplankton communities across a dynamic shelf sea	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en

Distinct gelatinous zooplankton communities across a dynamic shelf sea

Files

Original bundle

License bundle

Collections