Tackling the jelly web: Trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in oceanic food webs of the eastern tropical Atlantic assessed by stable isotope analysis | |
Chi, Xupeng3,4; Dierking, Jan4; Hoving, Henk-Jan4; Luskow, Florian1,5; Denda, Anneke6; Christiansen, Bernd6; Sommer, Ulrich4; Hansen, Thomas4; Javidpour, Jamileh2,4 | |
刊名 | LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY |
2020-09-22 | |
页码 | 17 |
ISSN号 | 0024-3590 |
DOI | 10.1002/lno.11605 |
通讯作者 | Chi, Xupeng(xchi@qdio.ac.cn) |
英文摘要 | Gelatinous zooplankton can be present in high biomass and taxonomic diversity in planktonic oceanic food webs, yet the trophic structuring and importance of this "jelly web" remain incompletely understood. To address this knowledge gap, we provide a holistic trophic characterization of a jelly web in the eastern tropical Atlantic, based on delta C-13 and delta N-15 stable isotope analysis of a unique gelatinous zooplankton sample set. The jelly web covered most of the isotopic niche space of the entire planktonic oceanic food web, spanning > 3 trophic levels, ranging from herbivores (e.g., pyrosomes) to higher predators (e.g., ctenophores), highlighting the diverse functional roles and broad possible food web relevance of gelatinous zooplankton. Among gelatinous zooplankton taxa, comparisons of isotopic niches pointed to the presence of differentiation and resource partitioning, but also highlighted the potential for competition, e.g., between hydromedusae and siphonophores. Significant differences in spatial (seamount vs. open ocean) and depth-resolved patterns (0-400 m vs. 400-1000 m) pointed to additional complexity, and raise questions about the extent of connectivity between locations and differential patterns in vertical coupling between gelatinous zooplankton groups. Added complexity also resulted from inconsistent patterns in trophic ontogenetic shifts among groups. We conclude that the broad trophic niche covered by the jelly web, patterns in niche differentiation within this web, and substantial complexity at the spatial, depth, and taxon level call for a more careful consideration of gelatinous zooplankton in oceanic food web models. In light of climate change and fishing pressure, the data presented here also provide a valuable baseline against which to measure future trophic observations of gelatinous zooplankton communities in the eastern tropical Atlantic. |
资助项目 | German Research Foundation (DFG)[MSM49] ; China Scholarship Council ; European Union`s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program[774499] ; DFG[CP1218] ; Projekt DEAL |
WOS研究方向 | Marine & Freshwater Biology ; Oceanography |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | WILEY |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000571488100001 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/168921] |
专题 | 中国科学院海洋研究所 |
通讯作者 | Chi, Xupeng |
作者单位 | 1.Univ British Columbia, Inst Oceans & Fisheries, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2.Univ Southern Denmark, Dept Biol, Odense M, Denmark 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, CAS Key Lab Marine Ecol & Environm Sci, Qingdao, Peoples R China 4.GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res Kiel, Marine Ecol, Kiel, Germany 5.Univ British Columbia, Dept Earth Ocean & Atmospher Sci, Vancouver, BC, Canada 6.Univ Hamburg, Inst Marine Ecosyst & Fishery Sci IMF, Hamburg, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chi, Xupeng,Dierking, Jan,Hoving, Henk-Jan,et al. Tackling the jelly web: Trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in oceanic food webs of the eastern tropical Atlantic assessed by stable isotope analysis[J]. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY,2020:17. |
APA | Chi, Xupeng.,Dierking, Jan.,Hoving, Henk-Jan.,Luskow, Florian.,Denda, Anneke.,...&Javidpour, Jamileh.(2020).Tackling the jelly web: Trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in oceanic food webs of the eastern tropical Atlantic assessed by stable isotope analysis.LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY,17. |
MLA | Chi, Xupeng,et al."Tackling the jelly web: Trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton in oceanic food webs of the eastern tropical Atlantic assessed by stable isotope analysis".LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY (2020):17. |
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