Browsing OSPAR Community Practices by Subject "Zooplankton"
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JAMP Eutrophication Monitoring Guidelines: Benthos (OSPAR Agreement 2012-12).
(OSPAR Commission, London, UK, 2012)bottom macrozoobenthos) generally occur in recognisable states, depending on the substrate, depth, wave exposure and salinity etc. Macrobenthic communities are an appropriate target for monitoring since: a) an important ... -
OSPAR CEMP Guideline. Common indicator PH2 “Changes in Phytoplankton Biomass and Zooplankton Abundance”. Adopted by BDC(2) 2022, OSPAR Agreement 2019-06. Updated 2023.
(OSPAR Commission, London, UK, 2023)Plankton biomass and/or abundance in the ocean are hydro-climatic variables and as such have been demonstrated to reflect environmental changes, as illustrated by already numerous phytoplankton and zooplankton published ... -
OSPAR CEMP Guideline. Common indicator PH3 “Changes in Plankton Diversity”.Adopted by BDC(2) 2022, OSPAR Agreement 2019-07. Updated 2023.
(OSPAR Commission, London, UK, 2023)Species composition and abundance of plankton assemblages are influenced by environmental conditions and their variability, such as available light, nutrients, prey, currents and climate. As a result, plankton communities ... -
OSPAR CEMP Guideline. Common indicator: PH1/FW5 Change in plankton communities. OSPAR Agreement 2018-07. Adopted by BDC(2) 2022, Update 2023.
(OSPAR Commission, London, UK, 2023)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 ...