Structure and function of epipelagic mesozooplankton and their response to dust deposition events during the spring PEACETIME cruise in the Mediterranean Sea

Feliú, Guillermo; Pagano, Marc; Hidalgo, Pamela; Carlotti, François

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5417-2020

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12 Nov 2020

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| 12 Nov 2020

Structure and function of epipelagic mesozooplankton and their response to dust deposition events during the spring PEACETIME cruise in the Mediterranean Sea

Guillermo Feliú, Marc Pagano, Pamela Hidalgo, and François Carlotti

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Data from the PEACETIME cruise Cécile Guieu and Karine Desboeufs https://doi.org/10.17600/17000300

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The impact of Saharan dust deposition events on the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem was studied during a basin-scale survey (PEACETIME cruise, May–June 2017). Short-term responses of the zooplankton community were observed after episodic dust deposition events, highlighting the impact of these events on productivity up to the zooplankton level in the poorly fertilized pelagic ecosystems of the southern Mediterranean Sea.