Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Mismatch between marine plankton range movements and the velocity of climate change

  • William J. Chivers,
  • Anthony W. Walne,
  • Graeme C. Hays

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14434
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Marine plankton are the basis of the oceanic food chain. Here, Chivers and colleagues use ocean-basin wide plankton population data over six decades to show huge differences in the response of different plankton groups to climate change with major implications for the marine ecosystem and fisheries.