About this book
Plankton populations have lived in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years, performing essential functions within marine ecosystems. This book explores emerging and current topics in marine ecosystem plankton research, focusing on pelagic diversity, functioning, and productivity from a multidisciplinary structural and functional view. It also examines the context of environmental stressors and global climate change research and policy. The book represents a contribution from a team of researchers from several regions of the world with a common mission to enhance readers' understanding of current ocean science and marine biology while pointing towards future directions.
Contents
Preface
1 PLANKTON PRESSURES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MARINE STRATEGY
1.1 Global Ocean Science Infrastructures, Technological Development and Plankton Research / Fernando Morgado and Luis R. Vieira
1.2 Current and Forthcoming Threats to Coastal Zooplankton: Patterns Facing Increasing Freshwater Needs / Alvaro T. Palma, M. Loreto Torreblanca, Luis R. Daza and Jessica A. Rayo
1.3 Climate Change Challenges on Coastal Environments: Physical Processes in Upwelling and Estuarine Systems / Carina Lurdes Lopes, Magda Sousa, Ana Picado and João Miguel Dias
2 INTEGRATED APPROACHES AND TOOLS FOR PLANKTON RESEARCH
2.1 Zooplankton Dynamics at the Northern Boundary of the Canary Current Upwelling System (NW Iberian Peninsula). Prospects From Updated Time Series in the ‘Ría de Vigo’ and Adjacent Shelf / Enrique Nogueira, Gerardo Casas, Fernando Rayón-Viña, Esther Velasco-Senovilla and Ana Miranda
2.2 Ecological Application of Biomarkers to Mesozooplankton Communities in the Mediterranean Sea / Maria Protopapa, Lidia Yebra, Rolf Koppelmann and Soultana Zervoudaki
2.3 Metagenomic-Based Analysis Providing a Complementary Data Method for Plankton Ecological Studies / Marco Simões, Sónia Cotrim Marques, Paulo Maranhão and Maria Jorge Campos
3 A WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVE ON ZOOPLANKTON BIODIVERSITY
3.1 Zooplankton From the Portuguese Coast and Northern Estuaries (Western Iberian Peninsula) / Fernando Morgado and Luis R. Vieira
3.2 An Overview of Zooplankton Biodiversity in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean During the Last Two Decades With an Emphasis on Brazilian Estuaries, Coastal and Oceanic Regions / Sérgio Luiz Costa Bonecker, Cristina de Oliveira Dias, Márcia Salustiano de Castro, Pedro Freitas de Carvalho and Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker
3.3 Marine Plankton of Mozambique: The Rich (In)Visible World Supporting Biodiversity Hotspots / Fernando Morgado and Luis R. Vieira
3.4 Temporal Changes in Zooplankton Abundance and Assemblages in Japanese Coastal and Offshore Waters / Taketoshi Kodama and Hiroomi Miyamoto
3.5 Zooplankton Species Diversity, Distribution and Long-Term Change of the Community Along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast – A Brief Review / Kremena Stefanova, Elitsa Stefanova, Ivelina Zlateva, Valentina Doncheva, Natalya Slabakova and Nadezhda Valcheva
3.6 A Review of Planktonic Studies in Africa’s Contribution to Maintenance of Marine Biodiversity, Sustainable Consumption and Biological Production / Fernando Morgado and Luis R. Vieira
Index
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Biography
Luis R. Vieira, PhD in Biology, is an Assistant Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) and an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Porto, Portugal. His research focuses on Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology, covering several priority topics, including planktonic ecology and biodiversity and the impacts of emerging contaminants and other pressures on aquatic wildlife. He is also working on the science-policy-society interface, multi-sectoral stakeholder engagement, and promoting ocean literacy. He has authored and edited several international books, book chapters and scientific articles in refereed journals.
Fernando Morgado, PhD in Biology, is an Associate Professor with Aggregation at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Environmental and Marine Sciences (CESAM), with activities in national and international university institutions, research laboratories, NGOs and governmental institutions. His research focuses on Marine and Estuarine Ecology, including Planktonic Ecology and Biology, Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Environmental Education and Science Outreach activities. He has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 200 publications, books, book chapters, special issues and articles in refereed journals.
