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Berasategui AA, Calliari DL, Amodeo M, Spetter CV, Guinder V, Biancalana F. Interannual changes in winter-spring zooplankton estuarine community forced by hydroclimatic variability - With special reference to bioindicator species Eurytemora americana. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 186:105898. [PMID: 36780804 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Climatic variability and anthropogenic pressures impact the structure and dynamics of pelagic ecosystems and copepods are good indicators of such changes. This investigation aims to explore the interannual pattern of the mesozooplankton community, in relation to environmental variables in the Bahía Blanca Estuary during winter-spring from last two decades focusing on the dominant species Eurytemora americana. Main changes recorded include increased temperature, alteration of the nutrient balance, a decrease in chlorophyll-a, modifications in the abundance-structure of the phytoplankton assemblages, and changes in the abundance-structure of the mesozooplankton community. A significant decrease was observed in species richness of the mesozooplankton over time. Alterations in abundance and reproductive traits of E. americana, were also found. The population of E. americana dropped from mean relative abundance of 47% in first years to 20-12% in lasts one, accompanied with an increase of copepod species characterized by higher trophic plasticity in eutrophic conditions, like Acartia tonsa and Euterpina acutifrons.
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- A A Berasategui
- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, CP 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina; Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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- Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-UNS-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Camino La Carrindanga Km 7.5, B8000FWB, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
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Aguilera VM, Bednaršek N. Variations in phenotypic plasticity in a cosmopolitan copepod species across latitudinal hydrographic gradients. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.925648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Studies assessing latitudinal variations in habitat conditions and phenotypic plasticity among populations yield evidence of the mechanisms governing differentiation in the potential to adapt to current/future habitat changes. The cosmopolitan copepod species Acartia tonsa thrives across ocean clines delimiting Seasonal (30–40° S) and Permanent (10–30° S) Upwelling coastal provinces established during the middle–late Pliocene (3.6–1.8 Ma) alongshore the South East Pacific (SEP), nowadays exhibiting contrasting variability features related to several ocean drivers (temperature, salinity, pH, and food availability). Latitudinal variation across the range of environmental conditions of the coastal provinces can contribute toward shaping divergent A. tonsa’s phenotypes, for example, through specific patterns of phenotypic plasticity in morphological and physiological traits and tolerance to environmental drivers. With the aim of contributing to the understanding of these adaptive processes in a relatively little studied oceanic region, here we compared the expression of parental (i.e., adult size, egg production, and ingestion rate) and offspring (i.e., egg size) traits in relation to variation in environmental habitat conditions across different cohorts of two distant (> 15° latitude) A. tonsa populations inhabiting estuarine and upwelling habitats located in the Seasonal and Permanent Upwelling province, respectively. Mean conditions and ranges of variability in the habitat conditions and phenotypic plasticity of parental and offspring traits within and among cohorts of A. tonsa populations varied significantly across the different examined regions (i.e., Seasonal vs. Permanent). We also found significant differences in the coupling of habitat variability and trait expression, suggesting that the differences in trait expressions might be related to habitat variability. The phenotypic divergence was translated to cohort-related patterns of trait trade-offs regulating reproduction and tolerance of egg production efficiency that can jointly determine the level of plasticity, genetic structure, or local adaptation. The current findings provide novel evidence of how divergent phenotypes might sustain A. tonsa populations across variable coastal provinces of the SEP.
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Márquez-Rojas BJ, Tróccoli L, Zoppi de Roa E. Variación estacional de la comunidad de copépodos en el sector oriental del golfo de Cariaco, estado Sucre, Venezuela. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.25268/bimc.invemar.2020.49.1.777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Los copépodos son el grupo más numeroso del zooplancton en los sistemas costeros tropicales; ellos se ven afectados principalmente por los gradientes de salinidad, como ocurre en el sector oriental del golfo de Cariaco. El propósito de este estudio fue estudiar las variaciones temporales y espaciales de la estructura de la comunidad de copépodos durante junio, julio, agosto y septiembre de 2009 (época de lluvia) y octubre, noviembre y diciembre de 2009 y enero de 2010 (época de sequía). Las muestras se recolectaron con una red estándar de zooplancton de 60 cm de diámetro con una malla de 330 μm a nivel superficial. La temperatura, salinidad y oxígeno disuelto se tomaron in situ con una sonda multiparamétrica (YSI). La salinidad presentó una marcada variabilidad mensual, con valores entre 32,5 ± 1,56 y 38,5 ± 0.25 UPS en las épocas de lluvia y sequía, respectivamente. Se identificó un total de 45 taxones de copépodos y Acartia tonsa fue la especie más representativa durante todo el estudio, seguido por Temora turbinata, Paracalanus quasimodo, Subeucalanus subcrassus y S. subtenuis. El presente estudio no mostró un claro patrón estacional en la abundancia, diversidad y la uniformidad de la comunidad de copépodos y los valores de salinidad; por lo tanto, puede considerarse espacialmente uniforme y estacionalmente homogéneo en relación a estos parámetros.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar. Universidad de Oriente, Núcleo Nueva Esparta, Cumaná
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- Lab. Plancton. Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Oloketuyi S, Mazzega E, Zavašnik J, Pungjunun K, Kalcher K, de Marco A, Mehmeti E. Electrochemical immunosensor functionalized with nanobodies for the detection of the toxic microalgae Alexandrium minutum using glassy carbon electrode modified with gold nanoparticles. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 154:112052. [PMID: 32056958 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In this work an electrochemical immunosensor for the toxic microalgae Alexandrium minutum (A. minutum AL9T) detection is described. A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was modified by depositing gold nanoparticles followed by L-cysteine for obtaining a self-assembled monolayer. The SpyTagged nanobody C1, specific for the A. minutum toxic strain AL9T, was then covalently immobilized via SpyCatcher on the surface of the modified electrode and used for the selective capture of such microalgae strain. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used for the quantification of A. minutum cells present in water samples by measuring the charge-transfer resistance changes of the electrode with a hexacyanoferrate probe. Each electrode modification step was accompanied by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The immunosensor provided highly reproducible data, was simple to fabricate at low cost, exhibited higher sensitivity than previously described alternative diagnostic methods and showed a broad linear range between 103 and 109 cells L-1 with detection limit of 3 × 103 cells L-1 of A. minutum AL9T. The immunosensor was successfully applied to quantify A. minutum AL9T in seawater and brackish water samples proving that it can be used for early detection of harmful microalgae without the necessity of pre-concentration or dialysis steps.
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- Sandra Oloketuyi
- Laboratory of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska cesta 13, SI-5000, Rožna Dolina (Nova Gorica), Slovenia
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- Laboratory of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska cesta 13, SI-5000, Rožna Dolina (Nova Gorica), Slovenia
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- Department for Nanostructured Materials, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Electrochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy Center of Excellence (EOSCE), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Institute of Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Karl-Franzens University, Universitätsplatz 1, Graz, A-8010, Austria
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- Laboratory of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska cesta 13, SI-5000, Rožna Dolina (Nova Gorica), Slovenia.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Karl-Franzens University, Universitätsplatz 1, Graz, A-8010, Austria.
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Wang Q, Liu R, Men C, Xu F, Guo L, Shen Z. Spatial-temporal distribution and risk assessment of mercury in different fractions in surface sediments from the Yangtze River estuary. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2017; 124:488-495. [PMID: 28729038 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The temporal and spatial distributions of mercury in different fractions and its potential ecological risk were investigated in sediments from the Yangtze River estuary (YRE) by analyzing data collected from the study area. The results showed that mercury in the organic and residual fractions had dominant proportions, from 15.2% to 48.52% and from 45.96% to 81.59%, respectively. The fractions were more susceptible to seasonal changes than other fractions. Higher proportions of mercury in organic fraction were found in wet seasons; the opposite was true for mercury in residual fraction. With respect to the spatial distribution, the concentration mercury in exchangeable, carbonate and Fe-Mn oxide fractions showed a decreasing trend from the inner estuary to the outer estuary, but no obvious trends were found in the distributions of mercury in the organic and residual fractions. The risk assessment code (RAC) was used to evaluate the potential ecological risk in the study area based on the proportions of exchangeable and carbonate fractions. The average RAC values during the four periods were 6.00%, 2.20%, 2.83%, and 0.61%. Although these values show that the risk in the study area is generally low, the distribution of RAC values indicates that the inner estuary has a medium risk, with a value up to 10%.
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- Qingrui Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China
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Chevillot X, Drouineau H, Lambert P, Carassou L, Sautour B, Lobry J. Toward a phenological mismatch in estuarine pelagic food web? PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173752. [PMID: 28355281 PMCID: PMC5371289 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Alterations of species phenology in response to climate change are now unquestionable. Until now, most studies have reported precocious occurrence of life cycle events as a major phenological response. Desynchronizations of biotic interactions, in particular predator-prey relationships, are however assumed to strongly impact ecosystems' functioning, as formalized by the Match-Mismatch Hypothesis (MMH). Temporal synchronicity between juvenile fish and zooplankton in estuaries is therefore of essential interest since estuaries are major nursery grounds for many commercial fish species. The Gironde estuary (SW France) has suffered significant alterations over the last three decades, including two Abrupt Ecosystem Shifts (AES), and three contrasted intershift periods. The main objective of this study was to depict modifications in fish and zooplankton phenology among inter-shift periods and discuss the potential effects of the resulting mismatches at a community scale. A flexible Bayesian method was used to estimate and compare yearly patterns of species abundance in the estuary among the three pre-defined periods. Results highlighted (1) an earlier peak of zooplankton production and entrance of fish species in the estuary and (2) a decrease in residence time of both groups in the estuary. Such species-specific phenological changes led to changes in temporal overlap between juvenile fish and their zooplanktonic prey. This situation questions the efficiency and potentially the viability of nursery function of the Gironde estuary, with potential implications for coastal marine fisheries of the Bay of Biscay.
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC–OASU, Station Marine d'Arcachon, Arcachon, France
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Chaalali A, Beaugrand G, Raybaud V, Lassalle G, Saint-Béat B, Le Loc’h F, Bopp L, Tecchio S, Safi G, Chifflet M, Lobry J, Niquil N. From species distributions to ecosystem structure and function: A methodological perspective. Ecol Modell 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Goberville E, Beaugrand G, Hautekèete NC, Piquot Y, Luczak C. Uncertainties in the projection of species distributions related to general circulation models. Ecol Evol 2015; 5:1100-16. [PMID: 25798227 PMCID: PMC4364824 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ecological Niche Models (ENMs) are increasingly used by ecologists to project species potential future distribution. However, the application of such models may be challenging, and some caveats have already been identified. While studies have generally shown that projections may be sensitive to the ENM applied or the emission scenario, to name just a few, the sensitivity of ENM-based scenarios to General Circulation Models (GCMs) has been often underappreciated. Here, using a multi-GCM and multi-emission scenario approach, we evaluated the variability in projected distributions under future climate conditions. We modeled the ecological realized niche (sensu Hutchinson) and predicted the baseline distribution of species with contrasting spatial patterns and representative of two major functional groups of European trees: the dwarf birch and the sweet chestnut. Their future distributions were then projected onto future climatic conditions derived from seven GCMs and four emissions scenarios using the new Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) developed for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR5 report. Uncertainties arising from GCMs and those resulting from emissions scenarios were quantified and compared. Our study reveals that scenarios of future species distribution exhibit broad differences, depending not only on emissions scenarios but also on GCMs. We found that the between-GCM variability was greater than the between-RCP variability for the next decades and both types of variability reached a similar level at the end of this century. Our result highlights that a combined multi-GCM and multi-RCP approach is needed to better consider potential trajectories and uncertainties in future species distributions. In all cases, between-GCM variability increases with the level of warming, and if nothing is done to alleviate global warming, future species spatial distribution may become more and more difficult to anticipate. When future species spatial distributions are examined, we propose to use a large number of GCMs and RCPs to better anticipate potential trajectories and quantify uncertainties.
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- Eric Goberville
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR 8198 GEPV, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies (USTL) F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France ; Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, UMR 8187 LOG, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies (USTL) 28 Avenue Foch, F-62930, Wimereux, France ; Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, CNRS, UMR 8187 LOG 28 Avenue Foch, F-62930, Wimereux, France
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- Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, UMR 8187 LOG, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies (USTL) 28 Avenue Foch, F-62930, Wimereux, France ; Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, CNRS, UMR 8187 LOG 28 Avenue Foch, F-62930, Wimereux, France ; The Laboratory, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK
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- Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR 8198 GEPV, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies (USTL) F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR 8198 GEPV, Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies (USTL) F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, CNRS, UMR 8187 LOG 28 Avenue Foch, F-62930, Wimereux, France ; Université d'Artois, ESPE, Centre de Gravelines 40 rue Victor Hugo - BP 129, 59820, Gravelines, France
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Beaugrand G. Theoretical basis for predicting climate-induced abrupt shifts in the oceans. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 370:20130264. [PMCID: PMC4247401 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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Among the responses of marine species and their ecosystems to climate change, abrupt community shifts (ACSs), also called regime shifts, have often been observed. However, despite their effects for ecosystem functioning and both provisioning and regulating services, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved remains elusive. This paper proposes a theory showing that some ACSs originate from the interaction between climate-induced environmental changes and the species ecological niche. The theory predicts that a substantial stepwise shift in the thermal regime of a marine ecosystem leads indubitably to an ACS and explains why some species do not change during the phenomenon. It also explicates why the timing of ACSs may differ or why some studies may detect or not detect a shift in the same ecosystem, independently of the statistical method of detection and simply because they focus on different species or taxonomic groups. The present theory offers a way to predict future climate-induced community shifts and their potential associated trophic cascades and amplifications.
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