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    Responses of summer phytoplankton biomass to changes in top-down forcing : insights from comparative modelling

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    2018-03
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    Maar, Marie  Concept link
    Butenschön, Momme  Concept link
    Daewel, Ute  Concept link
    Eggert, Anja  Concept link
    Fan, Wei  Concept link
    Hjøllo, Solfrid S.  Concept link
    Hufnagl, Marc  Concept link
    Huret, Martin  Concept link
    Ji, Rubao  Concept link
    Lacroix, Geneviève  Concept link
    Peck, Myron A.  Concept link
    Radtke, Hagen  Concept link
    Sailley, Sevrine F.  Concept link
    Sinerchia, Matteo  Concept link
    Skogen, Morten D.  Concept link
    Travers-Trolet, Morgane  Concept link
    Troost, Tineke A.  Concept link
    van de Wolfshaar, Karen  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10376
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.003
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     Plankton functional types; Trophic cascades; Zooplankton mortality; Phytoplankton; Ensemble modelling 
    Abstract
    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 such as fishing and climate change. Especially, the different roles and parameterizations of additional zooplankton groups grazed by Z1, and their importance for the outcome, emphasized the need for better calibration data. Spatial variability was high within each model indicating that physics (hydrodynamics and temperature) and nutrient dynamics also play vital roles for ecosystem responses to top-down effects. In conclusion, the model comparison indicated that changes in top-down forcing in combination with the modelled food-web structure affect summer phytoplankton biomass and, thereby, indirectly influence water quality of the systems.
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    Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2018. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here under a nonexclusive, irrevocable, paid-up, worldwide license granted to WHOI. It is made available for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Ecological Modelling 376 (2018): 54-67, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.003.
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    Preprint: Maar, Marie, Butenschön, Momme, Daewel, Ute, Eggert, Anja, Fan, Wei, Hjøllo, Solfrid S., Hufnagl, Marc, Huret, Martin, Ji, Rubao, Lacroix, Geneviève, Peck, Myron A., Radtke, Hagen, Sailley, Sevrine F., Sinerchia, Matteo, Skogen, Morten D., Travers-Trolet, Morgane, Troost, Tineke A., van de Wolfshaar, Karen, "Responses of summer phytoplankton biomass to changes in top-down forcing : insights from comparative modelling", 2018-03, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.03.003, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10376
     

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