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Trait-based approaches to zooplankton communities
Authors
Abrahams
Acuna
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Alldredge
Alldredge
Andersen
Armstrong
Banas
Barnett
Boenigk
Borchers
Bruggeman
Bunker
Burkenroad
Calbet
Calbet
Ceballos
Checkley
Chen
Chisholm
Condon
Corliss
Costello
Cowles
Dusenberry
Eiane
Elena Litchman
Fiksen
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Follows
Forster
Garcia
Gerritsen
Gilliam
Grover
Hairston
Hambright
Hansen
Hansen
Hays
Hirst
Hirst
Hirst
Hirst
Huntley
Jakobsen
Jeong
Jones
Jurgens
Kattner
Kiørboe
Kiørboe
Kiørboe
Kiørboe
Kiørboe
Landry
Landry
Langlois
Lasley-Rasher
Lenz
Litchman
Lombard
Main
Marcus
Mark D. Ohman
Martindale
Menden-Deuer
Merico
Meunier
Ohman
Ohman
Ohman
Poulin
Purcell
Rall
Roman
Saiz
Sichlau
Sterner
Sterner
Sykes
Taylor
Thingstad
Thomas Kiørboe
Tiselius
Tollrian
Vandekerkhove
Vargas
Verity
Vidal
Visser
Publication date
1 January 2013
Publisher
'Oxford University Press (OUP)'
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Abstract
Zooplankton are major primary consumers and predators in most aquatic ecosystems. They exhibit tremendous diversity of traits, ecological strategies and, consequently, impacts on other trophic levels and the cycling of materials and energy. An adequate representation of this diversity in community and ecosystem models is necessary to generate realistic predictions on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems but remains extremely challenging. We propose that the use of trait-based approaches is a promising way to reduce complexity while retaining realism in developing novel descriptions of zooplankton in ecosystem models. Characterizing zooplankton traits and trade-offs will also be helpful in understanding the selection pressures and diversity patterns that emerge in different ecosystems along major environmental gradients. Zooplankton traits can be characterized according to their function and type. Some traits, such as body size and motility, transcend several functions and are major determinants of zooplankton ecological strategies. Future developments of trait-based approaches to zooplankton should assemble a comprehensive matrix of key traits for diverse groups and explore it for general patterns; develop novel predictive models that explicitly incorporate traits and associated trade-offs; and utilize these traits to explain and predict zooplankton community structure and dynamics under different environmental conditions, including global change scenarios. © 2013 The Author
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