Editorial: Small Scale Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Particles, Plankton, and Other Organisms

Editorial on the Research Topic Small Scale Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Particles, Plankton, and Other Organisms Introduction Scientists have long known that small-scale interactions of aquatic particles, plankton, and other organisms with their immediate environment play an important role in d...

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Published inFrontiers in Marine Science Vol. 8
Main Authors Nayak, Aditya R., Jiang, Houshuo, Byron, Margaret L., Sullivan, James M., McFarland, Malcolm N., Murphy, David W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 22.03.2021
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects
Animal behavior
Aquatic crustaceans
Bacteria
Behavior
Climate change
Fish
Laboratories
Larvae
Marine crustaceans
Marine ecology
Marine molluscs
marine particles
ocean microscale biophysics
oceanic instrumentation
Optics
Organisms
Phytoplankton
Plankton
Shellfish
small-scale processes
Spatial distribution
spatial patterns
Swimming
Uptake
Water quality
Wind
Zooplankton
Arctic region
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Summary:Editorial on the Research Topic Small Scale Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Particles, Plankton, and Other Organisms Introduction Scientists have long known that small-scale interactions of aquatic particles, plankton, and other organisms with their immediate environment play an important role in diverse research areas, including marine ecology, ocean optics, and climate change (Guasto et al., 2012; Prairie et al., 2012). [...]there is a continuing need to study and characterize the small-scale biological-physical interactions between particles/organisms and their local environment, as well as the scaled-up effects of these small-scale interactions on larger-scale dynamics. Tripathy et al. present a short time series of physical and biological parameters in the Southwest Indian Ocean during the monsoon season, providing information about phytoplankton biomass variability and carbon uptake efficiency. Zooplankton and Fish Four articles within the Research Topic focused on different zooplankton including copepods, crab larvae, and sea snails, to characterize associated behavioral patterns, animal-flow interactions, and spatial distributions; a single article focused on swimming patterns of a fish species.
ISSN:2296-7745
2296-7745
DOI:10.3389/fmars.2021.669530