@article{fdi:010092355,
  title = {{L}ong-term changes on estuarine ciliates linked with modifications on wind patterns and water turbidity},
  author = {{L}ópez-{A}bbate, {M}.{C}. and {M}olinero, {J}uan-{C}arlos and {P}erillo, {G}erardo {M}.{E}. and {B}arría de {C}ao, {M}.{S}. and {P}ettigrosso, {R}.{E}. and {G}uinder, {V}.{A}. and {U}ibrig, {R}. and {B}erasategui, {A}.{A}. and {V}itale, {A}. and {M}arcovecchio, {J}.{E}. and {H}offmeyer, {M}.{S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{P}lanktonic ciliates constitute a fundamental component among microzooplankton and play a prominent role in carbon transport at the base of marine food webs. {H}ow these organisms respond to shifting environmental regimes





is unclear and constitutes a current challenge under global ocean changes. {H}ere we examine a multiannual field survey covering 25 years in the {B}ahía {B}lanca {E}stuary ({A}rgentina), a shallow, flood-plain system dominated by wind and tidal energy. {W}e found that the estuary experienced marked changes in wind dominant regimes and an increase in water turbidity driven from the joint effect of persistent long-fetch winds and the indirect effect of the {S}outhern {A}nnular {M}ode.





{A}long with these changes, we found that zooplankton components, i.e. ciliates and the dominant estuarine copepod {A}cartia tonsa, showed a negative trend during the period 1986-2011. {W}e showed that the combined effects of wind and turbidity with other environmental variables (chlorophyll, salinity and nutrients) consistently explained the variability of observed shifts. {T}intinnids were more vulnerable to wind patterns and turbidity while showed a loss of synchrony with primary productivity. {W}ater turbidity produced a dome-like pattern on tintinnids, oligotrichs and {A}. tonsa, implying that the highest abundance of organisms occurred under moderate values (?50 {NTU}) of turbidity. {I}n contrast, the response to wind patterns was not generalizable probably owing to species-specific traits. {O}bserved trends denote that wind-induced processes in shallow ecosystems with internal sources of suspended sediments, are essential on ciliate dynamics and that such effects can propagate trough the interannual variability of copepods.},
  keywords = {{ARGENTINE} ; {BAHIA} {BLANCA} {ESTUAIRE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}arine {E}nvironmental {R}esearch},
  volume = {144},
  numero = {},
  pages = {46--55},
  ISSN = {0141-1136},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.12.001},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010092355},
}