Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Patterns of mesozooplankton community composition and vertical fluxes in the global ocean Vertical variations in physical and chemical conditions drive changes in marine zooplankton community diversity and composition. In turn, zooplankton communities play a critical role in regulating the transfer of organic matter produced in the surface ocean to deeper layers. Yet, the links between zooplankton community composition and the strength of vertical fluxes of particles remain elusive, especially on a global scale. Here, we provide a comprehensive analysis of variations in zooplankton community composition and vertical particle flux in the upper kilometer of the global ocean. Zooplankton samples were collected across five depth layers and vertical particle fluxes were assessed using continuous profiles of the Underwater Vision Profiler (UVP5) at 57 stations covering seven ocean basins. Zooplankton samples were analysed using a Zooscan and individual organisms were classified into 19 groups for the quantitative analyses. Zooplankton abundance, biomass and vertical particle flux decreased from the surface to 1000m depth at all latitudes. The zooplankton abundance decrease rate was stronger at sites characterised by oxygen minima (< 5{micro}mol O2.kg-1) where most zooplankton groups showed a marked decline in abundance, except the jellyfishes, molluscs, annelids, large protists and a few copepod families. The attenuation rate of vertical particle fluxes was weaker at such oxygen-depleted sites. Canonical redundancy analyses showed that the epipelagic zooplankton community composition depended on the community structure of surface phytoplankton and the quantity and the quality of the produced particulate organic matter. We provide a consistent baseline of plankton community structure together with estimates of vertical flux and a contribution to our understanding of global zooplankton dynamics in the upper kilometer of the global ocean. Our results further suggest that future changes in surface phytoplankton composition and mesopelagic oxygen loss might lead to profound changes in zooplankton abundance and community structure in both the euphotic and mesopelagic ocean. These changes may affect the vertical export and hereby the strength of the biological carbon pump
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The categories of this paper are: behavior
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The categories of this paper are: cognition
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The categories of this paper are: paleontology
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The categories of this paper are: plant
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The categories of this paper are: molecular