2019
DOI: 10.1016/bs.amb.2019.02.002
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Predatory zooplankton on the move: Themisto amphipods in high-latitude marine pelagic food webs

Abstract: Hyperiid amphipods are predatory pelagic crustaceans that are particularly prevalent in high-latitude oceans. Many species are likely to have co-evolved with soft-bodied zooplankton groups such as salps and medusae, using them as substrate, for food, shelter or reproduction. Compared to other pelagic groups, such as fish, euphausiids and soft-bodied zooplankton, hyperiid amphipods are poorly studied especially in terms of their distribution and ecology. Hyperiids of the genus Themisto, comprising seven distinc… Show more

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“…The observed patterns in diving suggest that open-water seals might be foraging on pelagic prey, such as amphipods, requiring shallower dives (McLaren 1958;Auel and Werner 2003;Ogloff et al 2019). In support, one of the main amphipod prey species (Siegstad et al 1998;Wathne et al 2000;Holst et al 2001;Labansen et al 2011;Ogloff et al 2019) of ringed seals, Themisto libellula, is common in the upper 25 m of the pelagic environment (Wathne et al 2000;Auel and Werner 2003;Havermans et al 2019), which overlaps with the mean daily dive depth (25.4 m) of ringed seals that travelled through central Baffin Bay. In contrast, the coastal-travelling seals, which more-often occupied shallower water over the shelf and in bays and fjords along Baffin Island, were able to dive to the sea floor and access benthic prey fish, such as Boreogadus saida and sculpin (McLaren 1958;Wathne et al 2000;Labansen et al 2011;Ogloff et al 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…The observed patterns in diving suggest that open-water seals might be foraging on pelagic prey, such as amphipods, requiring shallower dives (McLaren 1958;Auel and Werner 2003;Ogloff et al 2019). In support, one of the main amphipod prey species (Siegstad et al 1998;Wathne et al 2000;Holst et al 2001;Labansen et al 2011;Ogloff et al 2019) of ringed seals, Themisto libellula, is common in the upper 25 m of the pelagic environment (Wathne et al 2000;Auel and Werner 2003;Havermans et al 2019), which overlaps with the mean daily dive depth (25.4 m) of ringed seals that travelled through central Baffin Bay. In contrast, the coastal-travelling seals, which more-often occupied shallower water over the shelf and in bays and fjords along Baffin Island, were able to dive to the sea floor and access benthic prey fish, such as Boreogadus saida and sculpin (McLaren 1958;Wathne et al 2000;Labansen et al 2011;Ogloff et al 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…water masses (Hirche and Mumm, 1992;Hirche, 1997). Themisto amphipods, such as T. libellula and T. abyssorum, are major contributors to the macrozooplankton biomass in the study region (Dalpadado et al, 2001;Havermans et al, 2019). Both taxa serve as important prey for fish, seabirds and whales (Hop and Gjøsaeter, 2013;Jakubas et al, 2016;Haug et al, 2017;Eriksen et al, 2020), but show significant differences in life-history strategies and feeding modes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Wichtig für ihre Verbreitung ist natürlich auch das Vorkommen ihrer Hauptnahrungsorganismen. Im Arktischen Ozean haben wir bei den meisten Zooplanktongruppen, einschließlich Amphipoden (insbesondere Themisto ), Euphausiaceen, Copepoden und Pteropoden, in den letzten Jahrzehnten mehr oder weniger deutliche Veränderungen in ihrer Häufigkeit und Artenzusammensetzung festgestellt, als Reaktion auf sich verlagernde Wassermassen . Wärmere atlantische Wassermassen dehnen sich nach Norden aus und transportieren ihre Bewohner polwärts.…”
Section: Bedeutung Des Zooplanktons Für Das öKosystem Der Polarmeereunclassified
“…Neben der Verschiebung von einem Krill‐ zu einem Salpen‐dominierten Ökosystem könnte eine weitere Schlüsselart in der Antarktis an Bedeutung gewinnen. Es wird angenommen, dass der Amphipode Themisto gaudichaudii (Abbildung ) seine Verbreitung in der wärmer werdenden Halbinselregion nach Süden ausdehnen wird . Die arktischen Themisto ‐Arten reagieren bereits mit signifikanten Verschiebungen in ihrer Verbreitung auf die beschleunigte Erwärmung: Echte arktische Arten schwinden bzw.…”
Section: Klimabedingte Verschiebungen Des Zooplanktons Im Südpolarmeerunclassified
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