NASA NTRS · 20220001910
The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Plankton Workshops: Plankton Ecosystem Function, Biodiversity, and Forecasting—Research Requirements and Applications
Abstract
Plankton functional diversity is at the core of various ecological processes, including productivity, carbon cycling and sequestration, nutrient cycling, interspecies interactions, food web dynamics and structure. Through these functions, plankton play a critical role in the health of the coastal and open ocean and provide essential ecosystem services. Yet, at present, our understanding of plankton dynamics is insufficient to project how climate change and other human-driven impacts affect the functional diversity of plankton. That limits our ability to predict how critical ecosystem services will change in the future and develop strategies to adapt to these changes.
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Maria Grigoratou, Enrique Montes, Anthony J. Richardson, Jason D. Everett, Esteban Acevedo-Trejos, Clarissa Anderson, Bingzhang Chen, Tamar Guy-Haim, Jana Hinners, Christian Lindemann, Tatiane Martins Garcia, Klas O. Möller, Fanny M. Monteiro, Aimee R. Neeley, Todd D. O'Brien, Artur P. Palacz, Alex J. Poulton, A. E. Friederike Prowe, Áurea E. Rodríguez-Santiago, Cécile S. Rousseaux, Jeffrey Runge, Juan F. Saad, Ioulia Santi, Rowena Stern, Alice Soccodato, Selina Våge, Meike Vogt, Soultana Zervoudaki, Frank E. Muller-Karger. 2022-01-31. The Marine Biodiversity Observation Network Plankton Workshops: Plankton Ecosystem Function, Biodiversity, and Forecasting—Research Requirements and Applications. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220001910
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