Phenology of Oithona similis demonstrates that ecological flexibility may be a winning trait in the warming Arctic

Abstract Rapidly warming Arctic is facing significant shifts in the zooplankton size-spectra manifested as increasing numbers of the small-sized copepod Oithona similis. Here we present a unique continuous data set covering 22 months, on its copepodite structure along with environmental drivers in t...

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Main Authors: Kaja Balazy, Rafał Boehnke, Emilia Trudnowska, Janne E. Søreide, Katarzyna Błachowiak-Samołyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98068-8