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South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Mesozooplankton assemblages differed significantly both between and within Baltic Sea bays, driven mainly by local salinity and temperature gradients. Distinct communities occurred over distances of less than 1 km, demonstrating strong fine-scale spatial variability. These findings show that coastal monitoring programs require multiple sampling sites at fine spatial scales to accurately capture environmental heterogeneity and associated plankton assemblages.

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Neele Schmidt, and Amanda Adam Jansson

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