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Journal Articles Limnology and Oceanography Year : 2022

In situ imaging across ecosystems to resolve the fine‐scale oceanographic drivers of a globally significant planktonic grazer

Adam Greer
Moritz Schmid
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Patrick Duffy
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Kelly Robinson
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Mark Genung
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Jessica Luo
Christian Briseño-Avena
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Marc Frischer
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Su Sponaugle
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Robert Cowen
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Abstract Doliolids are common gelatinous grazers in marine ecosystems around the world and likely influence carbon cycling due to their large population sizes with high growth and excretion rates. Aggregations or blooms of these organisms occur frequently, but they are difficult to measure or predict because doliolids are fragile, under sampled with conventional plankton nets, and can aggregate on fine spatial scales (1–10 m). Moreover, ecological studies typically target a single region or site that does not encompass the range of possible habitats favoring doliolid proliferation. To address these limitations, we combined in situ imaging data from six coastal ecosystems, including the Oregon shelf, northern California, southern California Bight, northern Gulf of Mexico, Straits of Florida, and Mediterranean Sea, to resolve and compare doliolid habitat associations during warm months when environmental gradients are strong and doliolid blooms are frequently documented. Higher ocean temperature was the strongest predictor of elevated doliolid abundances across ecosystems, with additional variance explained by chlorophyll a fluorescence and dissolved oxygen. For marginal seas with a wide range of productivity regimes, the nurse stage tended to comprise a higher proportion of the doliolids when total abundance was low. However, this pattern did not hold in ecosystems with persistent coastal upwelling. The doliolids tended to be most aggregated in oligotrophic systems (Mediterranea and southern California), suggesting that microhabitats within the water column favor proliferation on fine spatial scales. Similar comparative approaches can resolve the realized niche of fast‐reproducing marine animals, thus improving predictions for population‐level responses to changing oceanographic conditions.
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hal-04660247 , version 1 (24-07-2024)

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Adam Greer, Moritz Schmid, Patrick Duffy, Kelly Robinson, Mark Genung, et al.. In situ imaging across ecosystems to resolve the fine‐scale oceanographic drivers of a globally significant planktonic grazer. Limnology and Oceanography, 2022, 68 (1), pp.192-207. ⟨10.1002/lno.12259⟩. ⟨hal-04660247⟩
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