Dynamics of small metazooplankton in relation with environmental factors: A 12-year study in the coastal zone of the Southwestern Crimea (the Black Sea)
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Abstract
Based on continuous 12-year (2010–2021) monitoring of the average summer abundance of small metazooplankton (SMZ) in the coastal zone of the Southwestern Crimea, the patterns of its interannual fluctuations were investigated. The total SMZ abundance during the study period varied from 37.8 to 176.0 thousand·m−3 in the open coastal area (on average, 104.0 ± 49.2 thousand·m−3) and from 90.3 to 556.8 thousand·m−3 at the bay mouth (on average, 264.5 ± 121.0 thousand·m−3). The crustacean fraction accounted for 85–91% of the total SMZ abundance. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed a noticeable contribution of 48 % of total temperatures and wind speed and different direction repeatability to the SMZ abundance variability. For native data, significant relationships were revealed between the abundance of individual SMZ fractions and hydrometeorological parameters: total temperatures of the warm period of the year (May–October), periodicity of the southern and southwestern, northern winds, calm conditions (events of the absence of wind), and the summer index of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) with a 1-year lag. The application of fast Fourier transform (FFT) with a Hamming filter to the original series and periodograms analysis allowed revealing typical periods of variability in SMZ abundance and hydrometeorological parameters of the environment: 2–4-year and 5–6-year ones. At these scales, a higher number of significant relationships was established with the indicated hydrometeorological parameters, inter alia winter and summer NAO indices, than during the analysis of the original series. The total contribution of hydrometeorological and climatic factors to the variation in the abundance of SMZ increased to 78–79 %. This confirms the assumption that the relationship between SMZ and environmental parameters is characterized by its own features at different scales. Analysis of long-term SMZ different fractions tendencies for Summer 2010–2021, according to the Mann-Kendall criterion, did not show significant results.
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Continental Shelf Research publishes articles dealing with the biological, chemical, geological and physical oceanography of the shallow marine environment, from coastal and estuarine waters out to the shelf break. The continental shelf is a critical environment within the land-ocean continuum, and many processes, functions and problems in the continental shelf are driven by terrestrial inputs transported through the rivers and estuaries to the coastal and continental shelf areas. Manuscripts that deal with these topics must make a clear link to the continental shelf. Examples of research areas include:
Physical sedimentology and geomorphology
Geochemistry of the coastal ocean (inorganic and organic)
Marine environment and anthropogenic effects
Interaction of physical dynamics with natural and manmade shoreline features
Benthic, phytoplankton and zooplankton ecology
Coastal water and sediment quality, and ecosystem health
Benthic-pelagic coupling (physical and biogeochemical)
Interactions between physical dynamics (waves, currents, mixing, etc.) and biogeochemical cycles
Estuarine, coastal and shelf sea modelling and process studies.