INVESTIGADORES
SCHLOSS Irene Ruth
artículos
Título:
Mesozooplankton of Potter Cove:Community composition and seasonal distribution in 2002 and 2003
Autor/es:
VERÓNICA L. FUENTES, SIGRID B. SCHNACK-SCHIEL, IRENE R. SCHLOSS & GRACIELA G. ESNAL
Revista:
Berichte zur Polar und Meeresforschung - Reports on Polar and Marine Research
Referencias:
Año: 2008 p. 75 - 84
ISSN:
1618-3193
Resumen:
This study was conducted within the frame of a comprehensive zooplankton
investigation that started in 2002 and is still going on as a monitoring program.
The major aim is to detect possible changes in the zooplankton community in
connection with global change. In the last few decades rising concern has been
voiced about various aspects of regional climate change especially around the
Antarctic Peninsula. In this sense, there have been dramatic changes in the
abundance of some species zooplankton species (Atkinson et al. 2004) and
non-native species reported for the first time (Thatje & Fuentes, 2003). Moreover,
it is well accepted that ongoing plankton monitoring programs will be a key
issue to identify future changes in marine ecosystems (Hays et al., 2005). We
consider that due to its geographical location and the intense work being carried
in the frame of the cooperation network between Argentina and Germany, Potter
Cove is an ideal natural laboratory to test hypotheses concerning climate
change.