Progressive changes in the Western English Channel foster a reorganization in the plankton food web

摘要: Growing evidence has shown a profound modification of plankton communities the North East Atlantic and adjacent seas over past decades. This drastic change been attributed to environmental conditions that regulate dynamics spatial distribution ectothermic species in ocean. Recently, several studies have highlighted modifications regional climate station L4 (50° 15.00′N, 4° 13.02′W) Western English Channel. We here focus on community by studying long-term, annual seasonal changes five zooplankton groups eight copepod genera. detail main composition phenology during four climatic periods identified at station: 1988–1994, 1995–2000, 2001–2007 2008–2012. Our results show long-term underlined Molinero et al. (2013) drive restructuration modifying dominance key planktonic including fish larvae. Consequently, slow but deep detected highlight driven ecosystem shift