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| Maar, Marie; Butenschon, Momme; Daewel, Ute; Eggert, Anja; Fan, Wei; Hjollo, Solfrid S.; Hufnagl, Marc; Huret, Martin; Ji, Rubao; Lacroix, Genevieve; Peck, Myron A.; Radtke, Hagen; Sailley, Sevrine; Sinerchia, Matteo; Skogen, Morten D.; Travers-trolet, Morgane; Troost, Tineke A.; Van De Wolfshaar, Karen. |
| The present study describes the responses of summer phytoplankton biomass to changes in top-down forcing (expressed as zooplankton mortality) in three ecosystems (the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Nordic Seas) across different 3D ecosystem models. In each of the model set-ups, we applied the same changes in the magnitude of mortality (±20%) of the highest trophic zooplankton level (Z1). Model results showed overall dampened responses of phytoplankton relative to Z1 biomass. Phytoplankton responses varied depending on the food web structure and trophic coupling represented in the models. Hence, a priori model assumptions were found to influence cascades and pathways in model estimates and, thus, become highly relevant when examining ecosystem pressures... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Plankton functional types; Trophic cascades; Zooplankton mortality; Phytoplankton; Ensemble modelling. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00433/54466/56083.pdf |
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