TY - BOOK
T1 - Working Group on Phytoplankton and Microbial Ecology (WFPME)
T2 - ICES Scientific Reports
AU - Johansen, Marie
AU - Stern, Rowena
AU - Artigas, Felipe
AU - Bresnan, Eileen
AU - Clarke, David
AU - Creach, Veronique
AU - Husby, Siv
AU - Jurgense, Iveta
AU - Kraberg, Alexandra
AU - Lanzen, Anders
AU - Metfies, Katja
AU - O'Brien, Todd
AU - Pilkaityte, Renata
AU - van den Oever, Anneke
AU - Poulton, Nicole
AU - Sosik, Heidi
AU - Salter, Ian
AU - Tarran, Glen
AU - Teirra, Eva
AU - Vaiciute, Dani
AU - Widdicombe, Claire
PY - 2021/2/2
Y1 - 2021/2/2
N2 - The ICES Working Group on Phytoplankton and Microbial Ecology (WGPME) provides tools and expert perspectives on the sampling methods, ecology and diversity of phytoplankton and other planktonic microbes. The group set out terms of reference to improve access to data, cross-disciplinary approaches and to develop ecological interpretations of the changing phytoplank-ton seascape. The group published 16 papers between 2019–2021, including key tools, high-pro-file synthesis papers and science reports. Tools: The group has progressed efforts to collect images of commonly used Lugol’s-preserved phytoplankton, alongside live images to aid those in correctly identifying species. Members have noticed and published records of new phytoplankton species. The group aims to produce a New Records database to assist in notifying new or reoccurrence of a species. WGPME work, with other Expert Groups (EG) to improve access to molecular genetic tools and records. A multi-EG thematic session has been submitted for ICES ASC 2022 in cooperation with other EGs, whilst phytoplankton barcoding information will be incorporated into the Working Group on Inte-grated Morphological and Molecular Taxonomy (WGIMT) barcoding Atlas (https://metazoo-gene.org/atlas).Information and access: The group is gathering information on nano and picoplankton (small phytoplankton less than 10 and 2μm respectively) to incorporate into global datasets such as GLOMICON. Multiple data sources point to an increasing trend in picoplankton and few indi-cators exist in current EU or national legislation to measure their impact on marine ecology. Many members are involved in indicator development for governmental and pan-governmental organisations such as OSPAR. However, the number and level of indicators vary in each country.Long-term ecology: The cooperative zooplankton and phytoplankton report has been delayed but initial analysis has indicated≥30 years of data reliably shows spatio-temporal trends in phy-toplankton and the effects of temperature on key phytoplankton groups. Two research papers are being produced on climate change effects on key marine phytoplankton species with the additional aim of improving indicators of change using species-specific information.
AB - The ICES Working Group on Phytoplankton and Microbial Ecology (WGPME) provides tools and expert perspectives on the sampling methods, ecology and diversity of phytoplankton and other planktonic microbes. The group set out terms of reference to improve access to data, cross-disciplinary approaches and to develop ecological interpretations of the changing phytoplank-ton seascape. The group published 16 papers between 2019–2021, including key tools, high-pro-file synthesis papers and science reports. Tools: The group has progressed efforts to collect images of commonly used Lugol’s-preserved phytoplankton, alongside live images to aid those in correctly identifying species. Members have noticed and published records of new phytoplankton species. The group aims to produce a New Records database to assist in notifying new or reoccurrence of a species. WGPME work, with other Expert Groups (EG) to improve access to molecular genetic tools and records. A multi-EG thematic session has been submitted for ICES ASC 2022 in cooperation with other EGs, whilst phytoplankton barcoding information will be incorporated into the Working Group on Inte-grated Morphological and Molecular Taxonomy (WGIMT) barcoding Atlas (https://metazoo-gene.org/atlas).Information and access: The group is gathering information on nano and picoplankton (small phytoplankton less than 10 and 2μm respectively) to incorporate into global datasets such as GLOMICON. Multiple data sources point to an increasing trend in picoplankton and few indi-cators exist in current EU or national legislation to measure their impact on marine ecology. Many members are involved in indicator development for governmental and pan-governmental organisations such as OSPAR. However, the number and level of indicators vary in each country.Long-term ecology: The cooperative zooplankton and phytoplankton report has been delayed but initial analysis has indicated≥30 years of data reliably shows spatio-temporal trends in phy-toplankton and the effects of temperature on key phytoplankton groups. Two research papers are being produced on climate change effects on key marine phytoplankton species with the additional aim of improving indicators of change using species-specific information.
KW - ICES
KW - WGPME
KW - Phytoplankton
KW - Ecology
KW - Microbial
U2 - 10.17895/ices.pub.8450
DO - 10.17895/ices.pub.8450
M3 - Commissioned report
T3 - ICES scientific reports
BT - Working Group on Phytoplankton and Microbial Ecology (WFPME)
PB - ICES
CY - Copenhagen
ER -
