This book aims at providing students and researchers an advanced integrative overview on zooplankton ecology, covering marine and freshwater organisms, from microscopic phagotrophic protists, to macro-jellyfishes and active fish larvae. The first book section addresses zooplanktonic organisms and processes, the second section is devoted to zooplankton spatial and temporal distribution patterns and trophic dynamics, and the final section is dedicated to emergent methodological approaches (e.g., omics). Book chapters include comprehensive synthesis, observational and manipulative studies, and sediment-based analysis, a vibrant imprint of benthic-pelagic coupling and ecosystem connectivity. Most chapters also address the impacts of anticipated environmental changes (e.g., warming, acidification).
Table of Contents- Functional Trait Approaches for the Study of Metazooplankton Ecology / Marie-Pier Hébert and Beatrix E. Beisner
- Zooplankton-Phytoplankton Interactions in a Changing World / Maarten Boersma and Cédric L. Meunier
- Leading Hypothesis about the Influence of Temperate Marine Fish Larvae on Recruitment Variability that Shaped Larval Ecology / Pedro Morais
- Ocean Acidification Impacts on Zooplankton / Ana N. Campoy, Joana Cruz, Joana Barcelos e Ramos, Fátima Viveiros, Pedro Range and M. Alexandra Teodósio
- Diversity and Biogeography as Revealed by Morphologies and DNA Sequences: Tintinnid Ciliates as an Example / Luciana F. Santoferrara and George B. McManus
- Planktonic Shelled Protists (Foraminifera and Radiolaria Polycystina): Global Biogeographic Patterns in the Surface Sediments / Demetrio Boltovskoy and Nancy M. Correa
- Metazooplankton Dynamics in Coastal Upwelling Systems / Rita F.T. Pires and Antonina dos Santos
- Interactions in Plankton Food Webs: Seasonal Succession and Phenology of Baltic Sea Zooplankton / Monika Winder and Øystein Varpe
- Visualizing and Exploring Zooplankton Spatial-Temporal Variability / Todd D. O’Brien and Stephanie A. Oakes
- New Approaches to Study Jellyfish: From Autonomous Apparatus to Citizen Science / Catarina Magalhães, Alfredo Martins and Antonina dos Santos
- Metabarcoding to Study Zooplankton Diversity / Anaïs Rey, Jon Corell and Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta
- Omics Advances in the Study of Zooplankton: Big Data for Small Drifting Organisms / Ana Matos, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Dany Domínguez-Pérez, Daniela Almeida and Agostinho Antunes
