{"title":"A database of nutritional strategies of nanoplankton genera present in North American lake surface waters","authors":"Philippe Le Noac’h, Beatrix E Beisner","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae035","url":null,"abstract":"A database of nutritional strategies of nanoplankton genera present in North American lake surface waters is presented. This work represents an integrated and updated database of nutritional strategies for nanoplankton genera commonly found in surface waters of North American lakes. We tabulate the nutritional strategies (autotroph, phago-mixotroph and phago-heterotroph) for nanoplankton genera identified during several pan-continental lake surveys: the EPA-NLA surveys conducted in 2012 and 2017 across the continental USA and the NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse survey campaign conducted from 2017 to 2019. We expect that this work will serve others in the plankton community interested in assessing nanoplankton feeding strategies.","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141585207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Under ice plankton and lipid dynamics in a subarctic lake.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbae018.].</p>","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"46 4","pages":"459"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11290249/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the picture: the promise and challenges of in-situ imagery data in the study of plankton ecology","authors":"Alex Barth, Joshua Stone","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae023","url":null,"abstract":"Planktons are a fundamental piece of all ocean ecosystems yet, sampling plankton at the high resolution required to understand their dynamics remains a challenge. In-situ imaging tools offer an approach to sample plankton at fine scales. Advances in technology and methodology provide the ability to make in-situ imaging a common tool in plankton ecology. Despite the massive potential of in-situ imaging tools, there are no standard approaches for analyzing the associated data. Consequently, studies are inconsistent in analyzing in-situ imaging data, even for similar questions. This introduces challenges in comparing across studies and sampling devices. In this review, we briefly summarize the increasing use, potential and novel applications of in-situ imaging tools in plankton ecology. Then, we synthesize the common analyses used across these studies. Finally, we address the major statistical challenges associated with the unique sampling mechanisms of in-situ imaging tools and discuss the theoretical uncertainties, which arise from the low-sampling volumes of many in-situ imaging tools. To fully unlock the power of in-situ imaging tools in plankton ecological studies, researchers must carefully consider how to analyze their data. We provide recommendations for processing and analyzing data while also acknowledging a large need for developing new statistical tool.","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"138 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141507711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ocean-colour anomalies quantified by the human eye.","authors":"Robert J W Brewin, Giorgio Dall'Olmo","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae027","DOIUrl":"10.1093/plankt/fbae027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phytoplankton turn seawater green when their concentration increases. This allows us to monitor them using ocean colour. However, as the spectral properties of phytoplankton and their relationship with other coloured substances in seawater vary, subtle differences (anomalies) in ocean colour occur that can cause large errors in estimates of phytoplankton abundance. Identifying and understanding these anomalies is required to interpret ocean-colour data properly, but not all scientists have access to, or can afford, the <i>in-situ</i> instrumentation needed to do this. We show that practical, low-cost tools developed in the 19th century (a Secchi disk and Forel-Ule colour scale) can be used to quantify a colour anomaly in the Weddell Sea. Our findings imply that ocean-colour anomalies can be identified using affordable methods. Furthermore, records collected over the last century may contain clues on how ocean ecosystems have changed with climate.</p>","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"46 4","pages":"380-382"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11290243/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas R Anderson, Dag O Hessen, Wendy C Gentleman, Andrew Yool, Daniel J Mayor
{"title":"Optimal phenology of life history events in <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i>: exit from diapause in relation to interannual variation in spring bloom timing and predation.","authors":"Thomas R Anderson, Dag O Hessen, Wendy C Gentleman, Andrew Yool, Daniel J Mayor","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae028","DOIUrl":"10.1093/plankt/fbae028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Respiration of lipids by copepods during diapause (overwintering dormancy) contributes to ocean carbon sequestration via the seasonal lipid pump (SLP). Parameterizing this flux in predictive models requires a mechanistic understanding of how life history adaptation in copepods shapes their timing of exit from diapause. We investigate the optimal phenology of <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i> in the Norwegian Sea using an individual-based model in which diapause exit is represented as a trait characterized by phenotypic mean and variance. Without interannual variability, optimal exit correlated with the onset of the spring phytoplankton bloom and phenotypic variance was of no benefit. In contrast, copepods endured reduced fitness and adopted bet-hedging strategies when exposed to interannual variability in bloom timing and predation: later exit from diapause and phenotypic variance maintained adult numbers in anomalous late-bloom years. Exit nevertheless remained well before the peak of the bloom which is a favorable strategy when low predation early in the year enhances survival of eggs and early developmental stages. Our work highlights the complex interactions between <i>C. finmarchicus</i> and its environment and the need for improved understanding of bet-hedging strategies and the cues of diapause exit to progress the representation of the SLP in global biogeochemical models.</p>","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"46 4","pages":"439-451"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11290252/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Freya E Sykes, Julie Meilland, Adele Westgård, Thomas B Chalk, Melissa Chierici, Gavin L Foster, Mohamed M Ezat
{"title":"Large-scale culturing of the subpolar foraminifera <i>Globigerina bulloides</i> reveals tolerance to a large range of environmental parameters associated to different life-strategies and an extended lifespan.","authors":"Freya E Sykes, Julie Meilland, Adele Westgård, Thomas B Chalk, Melissa Chierici, Gavin L Foster, Mohamed M Ezat","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae029","DOIUrl":"10.1093/plankt/fbae029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The subtropical to subpolar planktic foraminifera <i>Globigerina bulloides</i> is a calcifying marine protist, and one of the dominant foraminiferal species of the Nordic Seas. Previously, the relative abundance and shell geochemistry of fossil <i>G. bulloides</i> have been studied for palaeoceanographic reconstructions. There is however a lack of biological observations on the species and a poor understanding of its ecological tolerances, especially for high latitude genotypes. Here, we present observations from the first extensive culturing of <i>G. bulloides</i> under subpolar conditions, including the first low temperature (6-13°C) and variable salinity (30-38) experiments. Carbonate chemistry (pH and [CO<sub>3</sub> <sup>2-</sup>]) was also manipulated. Experimental conditions were chosen to reflect a range of plausible past and future scenarios for the Nordic Seas. We found <i>G. bulloides</i> to be tolerant of environmental conditions well outside their optimal range (<10°C, salinity <33, pH <8). Observed life span was up to three months, which was attributed to a microalgal diet. Two alternative life strategies were employed, whereby individuals either experienced rapid growth and death, or a prolonged lifespan with minimal growth and death via slow decay. We posit this could help explain differences in geochemical signals recorded from different size fractions of fossil specimens used for palaeoceanographic reconstructions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"46 4","pages":"403-420"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11290258/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Living at depth: ecophysiological condition of <i>Boreomysis arctica</i> in autumn and winter in the St. Lawrence estuary and gulf.","authors":"Gesche Winkler, Jory Cabrol, Réjean Tremblay","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/plankt/fbae022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mysids, besides krill, play a significant role in energy transfer and carbon sequestration. The ecology of coastal species is better understood than that of deep dwelling species such as <i>Boreomysis arctica</i>. The objectives of this study were to quantify spatiotemporal variations in body condition and the trophic level of <i>B. arctica</i> in autumn and winter, under sea-ice conditions in the St. Lawrence system, using a multimarker approach. We sampled along a 1000 km transect. Mean abundances in winter were higher in the estuary compared to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Body condition, measured as total lipid content, was higher in winter than in autumn. Lipids of <i>B. arctica</i> were mainly composed of wax esters, thereby <i>B. arctica</i> is richer in energetic lipids compared to the three dominant krill species. We also observed seasonal differences in the trophic level of <i>B. arctica,</i> revealing carnivorous behavior in autumn compared to omnivory in winter<i>.</i> High intra-specific variability in both energetic strategy and feeding behavior was found that is potentially due to opportunistic feeding. Energy rich reserves suggest that <i>B. arctica</i> could act as a valuable prey for both benthic and pelagic consumers and thus playing a key role in bentho-pelagic energy transfer.</p>","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"46 3","pages":"348-356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11142453/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141200216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rubens M Lopes, Marcia Akari, Leandro T De La Cruz, Marco Uttieri
{"title":"Analysis of swimming trajectories in Daphnia similis as an environmental impact assessment tool","authors":"Rubens M Lopes, Marcia Akari, Leandro T De La Cruz, Marco Uttieri","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae015","url":null,"abstract":"Toxicity tests with daphnids are important tools in the environmental impact assessment of aquatic ecosystems. The aim of this study was to characterize the swimming paths of Daphnia similis in response to two concentrations of the reference substance potassium chloride (KCl), as an additional expedite tool in evaluating the effects of contaminants. Bidimensional trajectory coordinates were obtained with image acquisition and processing methods and used to calculate the following metrics of D. similis behavior: mean swimming speed, hop rate, fractal dimension, and vertical occupancy. The swimming speed, hop rate and fractal dimension for the control group were significantly different from the KCl treatment at the higher concentration. Conversely, the vertical occupancy did not differ between the experimental conditions. The results of this investigation validate the use of behavioral analysis as a rapid and reliable approach to evaluate water contamination, aiding in early warning detection of water quality issues. The method can be further refined through the integration of machine learning applications in video tracking.","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140887315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel M Carlowicz Lee, Toniann D Keiling, Joseph D Warren
{"title":"Seasonal abundance, lipid storage, and energy density of Calanus finmarchicus and other copepod preyfields along the Northwest Atlantic continental shelf","authors":"Rachel M Carlowicz Lee, Toniann D Keiling, Joseph D Warren","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae014","url":null,"abstract":"Calanus finmarchicus is an abundant calanoid copepod in the New York Bight (NYB) that has energy-dense lipid stores. This study measured C. finmarchicus abundance, lipid storage and energy density and compared it to two other abundant calanoid species in the region. We compared the NYB C. finmarchicus preyfield characteristics with data from two other NW Atlantic coastal ecosystems, the Gulf of Maine (GoM) and Cape Cod Bay (CCB). Copepods from net tows were identified, enumerated, photographed and measured. These data were used to calculate animal biovolume and lipid content as well as the volumetric energy density of the copepod preyfield. C. finmarchicus were most abundant in spring and summer and the mean lipid storage of C. finmarchicus remained largely constant regardless of season and location within the NYB. Centropages typicus were abundant enough in the winter to be more energy-rich than C. finmarchicus. Temora longicornis, while also abundant, never surpassed the energy density of C. finmarchicus. C. finmarchicus in the NYB were comparably lipid-rich to those from the GoM and CCB. C. finmarchicus in the NYB can be a reliable energy source for local predators due to their high spring and summer abundances and year-round storage of high-energy wax esters.","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"2011 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140833016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erwin Kers, Eva Leu, Per-Arne Amundsen, Raul Primicerio, Martin Kainz, Amanda E Poste
{"title":"Under ice plankton and lipid dynamics in a subarctic lake","authors":"Erwin Kers, Eva Leu, Per-Arne Amundsen, Raul Primicerio, Martin Kainz, Amanda E Poste","doi":"10.1093/plankt/fbae018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbae018","url":null,"abstract":"Climate warming causes shorter winters and changes in ice and snow cover in subarctic lakes, highlighting the need to better understand under-ice ecosystem functioning. The plankton community in a subarctic, oligotrophic lake was studied throughout the ice-covered season, focusing on lipid dynamics and life history traits in two actively overwintering copepods, Cyclops scutifer and Eudiaptomus graciloides. Whereas C. scutifer was overwintering in C-IV to C-V stage, E. graciloides reproduced under ice cover. Both species had accumulated lipids prior to ice-on and showed a substantial decrease in total lipid content throughout the ice-covered period: E. graciloides (60%–38% dw) and C. scutifer (73%–33% dw). Polyunsaturated fatty acids of algal origin were highest in E. graciloides and declined strongly in both species. Stearidonic acid (18:4n-3) content in E. graciloides was particularly high and decreased rapidly during the study period by 50%, probably due to reproduction. The copepods differed in feeding behavior, with the omnivore C. scutifer continuing to accumulate lipids until January, whereas the herbivorous E. graciloides accumulated lipids from under-ice primary production during the last months of ice-cover. Our findings emphasize the importance of lipid accumulation and utilization for actively overwintering copepods irrespective of the timing of their reproduction.","PeriodicalId":16800,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plankton Research","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140832999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}