Marine heatwaves change the functional diversity of circumpolar zooplankton
Name of applicant
Marja Koski
Title
Professor
Institution
Technical University of Denmark
Amount
DKK 40,000
Year
2023
Type of grant
Field Trips / Research Stays < 100,000
Summary
Marine heatwaves in polar ecosystems are increasing, with unknown consequences for the food web efficiency and carbon sequestration - the ecosystem services that we human depend on. We will investigate the effects of heatwaves on the functional diversity and production of zooplankton - the basis of the polar marine food web - at the sub-polar Pacific with intensive and frequent marine heatwaves.