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Zooplankton Ecology
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Book Description
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. Zooplankton-Phytoplankton Interactions in a Changing World. Leading Hypothesis about the Influence of Temperate Marine Fish Larvae on Recruitment Variability that Shaped Larval Ecology. Ocean Acidification Impacts on Zooplankton. Diversity and Biogeography as Revealed by Morphologies and DNA Sequences: Tintinnid Ciliates as an Example. Planktonic Shelled Protists (Foraminifera and Radiolaria Polycystina): Global Biogeographic Patterns in the Surface Sediments. Metazooplankton Dynamics in Coastal Upwelling Systems. Interactions in Plankton Food Webs: Seasonal Succession and Phenology of Baltic Sea Zooplankton. Visualizing and Exploring Zooplankton Spatial-Temporal Variability. New Approaches to Study Jellyfish: From Autonomous Apparatus to Citizen Science. Metabarcoding to Study Zooplankton Diversity. Omics Advances in the Study of Zooplankton: Big Data for Small Drifting Organisms.
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Biography
M.
Alexandra Teodósio is an Associate Professor at the University of
Algarve, Portugal, where she is Coordinator of the Research Group ECOREACH
“Ecology and Restoration of Riverine, Estuarine and Coastal habitats” in the
Marine Sciences Centre (CCMAR). She is the co-coordinator of the master programme in Marine Biology and in Biodiversity and
Conservation.
She is Associate Editor of the Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science
Journal. She has supervised six PhD students, 20 masters’ students, and over 30
undergraduates. Her major research interests include the nutritional condition
of fisish larvae in coastal ecosystems, and the
effects of global changes, namely jellyfish species invasions and acidification
in planktonic communities.
She is member of the Expertpanel BIO3:
Biodiversity and Ecology of the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), and she is also
a panel member of Marine Sciences to the Portuguese Research Foundation (FCT).
She has been involved in 22 European and national funded research projects. She
has published 75 peer-reviewed research articles, and
has contributed to six book chapters. H-
Index (Scopus): 23
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=56196396700
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0939-9885
Scopus ID: Teodósio, M. A., Other name
formats: Chícharo,
M. Alexandra; Chícharo, Maria Alexandra Teodósio; Chícharo, Maria
Alexandra; Chicharo, M.A.Scopus
ID: Teodósio, M. A., Other name formats: Chícharo, M.
Alexandra; Chícharo, Maria Alexandra Teodósio; Chícharo, Maria
Alexandra; Chicharo, M.A.
Ana B. Barbosa (PhD Marine Sciences, 2006)
is a tenured Assistant Professor at
University of Algarve (UAlg), She was co-coordinator
of the Marine Biology Master Programme, and Director
of the Marine Biology BSc programme (UAlg) during 10 years. She has
been developing research in Marine Microbial Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics,
and her major interests include the regulation of planktonic communities and
effects of natural and anthropogenic-induced ecosystem changes. She has
supervised 2 PhD and 9 MSc thesis, and over 15 undergraduate students. She has
been involved in 15 European and national funded research projects, being
coordinator of national projects. She has published 20 articles in
peer-reviewed SCI indexed journals, and five book chapters. Scopus H-value 11,
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7103244778
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7402-246X