News tagged with: plankton
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Small but mighty – study highlights the abundance and importance of the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants
University of Plymouth news: New research led by the University sheds light on tiny plankton, which measure less than 0.02mm in diameter but can make up more than 70% of the plankton biomass found in the ocean.
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Researchers help to highlight the true scale of UK’s nature loss
University of Plymouth news: Researchers from the University have played an important part in developing the State of Nature 2023 report, which provides a detailed picture of how nature is faring across our towns, cities, the countryside and seas
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Six decades of decline sparks call to protect the foundation of the marine food web
University of Plymouth news: Scientists from the University of Plymouth, working with partners across the UK and Europe, have published a new assessment of plankton abundance in the North East Atlantic
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Innovative plankton monitoring tool holds key to assessing health of ocean life
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have helped to create the Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool, a free, online tool to make complex plankton datasets easier and more accessible for all
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Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs
New research led by the University of Plymouth shows that larger, nutritious plankton – vital to support fish, seabirds and marine mammals – are being replaced by tiny, primary producers that are of poorer food quality
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Northeast Atlantic holoplankton taxa have decreased in abundance during the
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Study shows six decades of change in UK’s plankton communities
Involving leading marine scientists from across the UK, led by the University of Plymouth, new research for the first time combines the findings of UK offshore surveys such as the Continuous Plankton Recorder and UK inshore long-term time-series.
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Plymouth scientists highlight effects of climate change on UK’s plankton
Marine scientists from the University of Plymouth have worked on a major study highlighting the effects of climate change on the plankton populations in UK seas
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The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series
Scientists from the University of Plymouth and the Marine Biological Association collaborated on new research showing there has been a significant increase in open-ocean plastics in recent decades
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University leads first UK-wide assessment of changes in plankton community
Scientists led by the University of Plymouth have completed the first ever assessment of how plankton communities are changing in coastal waters and shelf seas around the UK
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€1.9million project aims to open the ‘black box’ of marine fungi
Dr Michael Cunliffe, a researcher at the Marine Biological Association and the University of Plymouth, has been awarded €1.9million by the European Research Council to explore the role played by mycoplankton in the marine environment
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Academic takes the lead in European plankton policy assessment
Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Lecturer in Marine Conservation at the University of Plymouth, has played a lead role in a seven-year project assessing the importance of plankton to the future biodiversity of the North East Atlantic
