New study shows that some populations of the copepod Eurytemora affinis can adapt to a future warmer Baltic Sea

To predict effects of global change on zooplankton populations, it is important to understand how present species adapt to temperature and how they respond to stressors interacting with temperature. Here, we ask if the calanoid copepod Eurytemora affinis from the Baltic Sea can adapt to future climate warming. Populations were sampled at sites with different temperatures. Full … More New study shows that some populations of the copepod Eurytemora affinis can adapt to a future warmer Baltic Sea

New study shows limited evidence for common interannual trends in Baltic Sea summer phytoplankton biomass

We used dynamic factor analysis to study if there are common patterns of interannual variation that are shared (“common trends”) among summer phytoplankton total and class-level biomass time series observed across Baltic Sea latitudinal gradients in salinity and temperature. We evaluated alternative hypotheses regarding common trends among summer phytoplankton biomass: Baltic Sea-wide common trends; common … More New study shows limited evidence for common interannual trends in Baltic Sea summer phytoplankton biomass