Download or read book Changing Plankton Communities: Causes, Effects and Consequences written by Kristian Spilling and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine ecosystems are changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to the direct effects of e.g. warming surface temperatures, the environmental changes also cause shifts in plankton communities. Plankton makes up the base of the marine food web and plays a pivotal role in global biogeochemical cycles. Any shifts in the plankton community composition could have drastic consequences for marine ecosystem functioning. This Research Topic focuses on causes, effects and consequences of such shifts in the plankton community structure.