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Marta Monteiro1, Miguel Ângelo Pardal2, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro3

  • 1Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal; MARE- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET - Aquatic Research Network, School of Tourism and Maritime Technology, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal; Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet (CFE), Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal.

Marine Environmental Research
|May 9, 2024
PubMed
Summary

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) influences sea temperatures and decapod larvae. Warmer waters post-2007 increased larval abundance and richness, though marine heatwaves had no discernible impact.

Keywords:
HeatwavesMeroplanktonNorth atlantic oscillationTemperatureZooplankton

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