6bfb9352-d8cd-42df-94e0-c451f37d59f1 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-06-23T10:27:42 creation ISO 19115 2016 2016 SoE Marine Chapter - Case Study - Plankton and climate change 6bfb9352-d8cd-42df-94e0-c451f37d59f1 The Marine chapter of the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) report incorporates multiple expert templates developed from streams of marine data. This metadata record describes the Case Study "Plankton and climate change". The full Case Study, including figures and tables (where provided), is attached to this record. Where available, the Data Stream(s) used to generate this Case Study are accessible through the "On-line Resources" section of this record. DESCRIPTION OF THE FOCUS OF THE CASE STUDY Plankton is the foundation of the marine food web and supports nearly all life in our oceans. Plankton species are sensitive indicators of ecosystem health and climate change because they are abundant, short-lived, not harvested, and sensitive to changes in temperature, acidity and nutrients. ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE On local scales plankton are sensitive to eutrophication, over regional scales to invasive species and fisheries, and over large continental scales to climate change. There is growing evidence from Australia that plankton communities are being altered by climate change and this is likely resonate up food webs to higher trophic levels. DATA STREAM(S) USED IN CASE STUDY IMOS plankton data – both from the National Reference Stations and the Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder survey. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[102.65625000000001, -47.4609375], [162.421875, -47.4609375], [162.421875, -7.207031249999999], [102.65625000000001, -7.207031249999999], [102.65625000000001, -47.4609375]]]} 102.65625000000001 162.421875 -47.4609375 -7.207031249999999 case study climate change expert assessment plankton CaseStudy_Plankton_final.pdf documentDigital CASE STUDY - Plankton and Climate Change [direct download] PDF DATA STREAM USED IN CASE STUDY - IMOS National Reference Station (NRS) - Zooplankton Abundance [online access point] documentDigital HTML DATA STREAM USED IN CASE STUDY - IMOS National Reference Station (NRS) - Zooplankton Biomass [online access point] documentDigital HTML DATA STREAM USED IN CASE STUDY - IMOS National Reference Station (NRS) - Phytoplankton Abundance and Biovolume [online access point] documentDigital HTML DATA STREAM USED IN EXPERT ASSESSMENT - AusCPR Phytoplankton Abundance [online access point] documentDigital HTML State of the Environment (SoE) reporting webpage documentDigital HTML