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Interannual abundance changes of gelatinous carnivore zooplankton unveil climate-driven hydrographic variations in the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal

datacite.subject.sdg12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg13:Ação Climática
datacite.subject.sdg14:Proteger a Vida Marinha
dc.contributor.authorD'Ambrosio, Mariaelena
dc.contributor.authorMolinero, Juan C.
dc.contributor.authorAzeiteiro, Ulisses M.
dc.contributor.authorPardal, Miguel A.
dc.contributor.authorPrimo, Ana L.
dc.contributor.authorNyitrai, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCotrim Marques, Sónia
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-28T16:12:45Z
dc.date.available2025-05-28T16:12:45Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.description.abstractThe persistent massive blooms of gelatinous zooplankton recorded during recent decades may be indicative of marine ecosystem changes. In this study, we investigated the potential influence of the North Atlantic climate (NAO) variability on decadal abundance changes of gelatinous carnivore zooplankton in the Mondego estuary, Portugal, over the period 2003e2013. During the 11-year study, the community of gelatinous carnivores encompassed a larger diversity of hydromedusae than siphonophores; the former dominated by Obelia spp., Lizzia blondina, Clythia hemisphaerica, Liriope tetraphylla and Solmaris corona, while the latter dominated by Muggiaea atlantica. Gelatinous carnivore zooplankton displayed marked interannual variability and mounting species richness over the period examined. Their pattern of abundance shifted towards larger abundances ca. 2007 and significant phenological changes. The latter included a shift in the mean annual pattern (from unimodal to bimodal peak, prior and after 2007 respectively) and an earlier timing of the first annual peak concurrent with enhanced temperatures. These changes were concurrent with the climate-driven environmental variability mainly controlled by the NAO, which displayed larger variance after 2007 along with an enhanced upwelling activity. Structural equation modelling allowed depicting cascading effects derived from the NAO influence on regional climate and upwelling variability further shaping water temperature. Such cascading effect percolated the structure and dynamics of the community of gelatinous carnivore zooplankton in the Mondego estuary.eng
dc.identifier.citationMariaelena D'Ambrosio, Juan C. Molinero, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Miguel A. Pardal, Ana L. Primo, Daniel Nyitrai, Sónia C. Marques,Mariaelena D'Ambrosio, Juan C. Molinero, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Miguel A. Pardal, Ana L. Primo, Daniel Nyitrai, Sónia C. Marques, Interannual abundance changes of gelatinous carnivore zooplankton unveil climate-driven hydrographic variations in the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Marine Environmental Research, Volume 120, 2016, Pages 103-110, ISSN 0141-1136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.07.012. Interannual abundance changes of gelatinous carnivore zooplankton unveil climate-driven hydrographic variations in the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Marine Environmental Research, Volume 120, 2016, Pages 103-110, ISSN 0141-1136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.07.012.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.07.012
dc.identifier.issn0141-1136
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13023
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113616301301
dc.relation.ispartofMarine Environmental Research
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectGelatinous carnivore zooplankton
dc.subjectNorth Atlantic climate
dc.subjectNAO
dc.subjectUpwelling
dc.subjectMondego estuary
dc.titleInterannual abundance changes of gelatinous carnivore zooplankton unveil climate-driven hydrographic variations in the Iberian Peninsula, Portugaleng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage110
oaire.citation.startPage103
oaire.citation.titleMarine Environmental Research
oaire.citation.volume120
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameCotrim Marques
person.givenNameSónia
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9467-3825
person.identifier.scopus-author-id9271998100
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