The South Sandwich Islands (SSI) are a biologically productive archipelago situated in the eastern Scotia Sea to south of eastward flowing Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). islands support important populations higher predators, including several penguin species, seals and humpback whales. Despite this, plankton ecology region has been little studied information on mesoscale structure enviro...

The Southern Ocean has undergone significant climate-related changes in recent decades. As a result, pelagic communities inhabiting these waters, particularly mesozooplankton, have adapted to new conditions. present study considers the patterns of horizontal and vertical (up 1000 m) distribution, composition, abundance, biomass relationships parameters extreme environmental conditions off weste...

Zooplankton play a crucial role in marine ecosystems as the link between primary producers and higher trophic levels, such they are key components of global biogeochemical ecosystem models. While phytoplankton spatial-temporal dynamics can be tracked using satellite remote sensing, no analogous data product is available to validate zooplankton model output. We develop procedure for linking irre...

Long-term ecological research has revealed the impact of climate on marine ecosystems at multiple time scales. Changes in pelagic system have been detected LTER-MC site Gulf Naples (Tyrrhenian Sea, western Mediterranean) since 1984. Here we analyzed series to determine whether zooplankton had significantly changed over three decades 1984–2015. In addition seasonal cycle as main mode temporal va...