OSPAR CEMP Guideline. Common indicator: PH1/FW5 Change in plankton communities. OSPAR Agreement 2018-07. Adopted by BDC(2) 2022, Update 2023.
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2023Corporate Author
OSPAR Commission
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Indicators based on plankton lifeforms have been used to assess community response to sewage pollution (Charvet et al. 1998; Tett et al. 2008), anoxia (Rakocinski 2012), fishing (Bremner et al. 2004), eutrophication (HELCOM 2012), climate change (Beaugrand 2005; Bedford et al. 2020; McQuatters-Gollop et al. 2019), and ocean acidification (Keys et al. 2018). Indicators based on functional groups have been proven relevant for the description of the community’s structure and biodiversity and are more easily inter-compared than other indicators based on taxonomy (Estrada et al. 2004; Gallego et al. 2012; Garmendia et al. 2012; Mouillot et al. 2006).
In practice, it is often preferable to aggregate species with similar traits into functional groups, such as lifeforms, rather than assessing the dynamics of individual species. Measures of species abundance are frequently subject to large interannual and regional variation, often due to natural physical dynamics and habitat preferences rather.....
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enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.a14.2
Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Zooplankton biomass and diversityPhytoplankton biomass and diversity
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OSPAR Commission (2023) OSPAR CEMP Guideline. Common indicator: PH1/FW5 Change in plankton communities Adopted by BDC(2) 2022, OSPAR Agreement 2018-07. Updated 2023. London UK, OSPAR Commission, 35pp. DOI https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1990Collections
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