Big or small, patchy all: Resolution of marine plankton patch structure at micro- to submesoscales for 36 taxa

Robinson, Kelly L.; Sponaugle, Su; Luo, Jessica Y.; Gleiber, Miram R.; Cowen, Robert K.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.abk2904

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Big or small, patchy all: Resolution of marine plankton patch structure at micro- to submesoscales for 36 taxa

2021
By Robinson, Kelly L. ; Sponaugle, Su ; Luo, Jessica Y. ; ...
Source: Sci. Adv.7, eabk2904

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Robinson, Kelly L. ; Sponaugle, Su ; Luo, Jessica Y. ; Gleiber, Miram R. ; Cowen, Robert K.

Robinson, Kelly L. ; Sponaugle, Su ; Luo, Jessica Y. ; Gleiber, Miram R. ; Cowen, Robert K. Less -
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Despite the ecological importance of microscale (0.01–1 meter) and fine-scale (1 to hundreds of meters) plankton patchiness, the dimensions and taxonomic identity of patches in the ocean are nearly unknown. We used underwater imaging to identify the position, horizontal length scale, and density of taxa-specific patches of 32 million organisms representing 36 taxa (200 micrometers to 20 centimeters) in the continental and oceanic environments of a subtropical, western boundary current. Patches were the most frequent in shallow, continental waters. For multiple taxa, patch count varied parabolically with background density. Taxa-specific patch length and organism size exhibited negative size scaling relationships. Organism size explained 21 to 30% of the variance in patch length. The dominant length scale was phylogenetically random and <100 meters for 64% of taxa. The predominance of micro- and fine-scale patches among a diverse suite of plankton suggests social and coactive processes may contribute to patch formation.
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