In an article out earlier this year, we explore the match-mismatch hypothesis across three trophic levels in the North Sea marine ecosystem.
Led by lab member Sofia Ferreira, the study explores the spatially explicit overlap of seasonal timing of larval herring, copepods and phytoplankton, and how overlap can explain recruitment of herring one year later.
Overlap in predator-prey timing varied spatially and could explain ~ 23% of recruitment in age-1 herring. We discuss possible mechanisms behind the negative relationship between overlap and recruitment including feeding-dependent and independent factors and data limitations.
The study was a collaboration between the Department of Biology at Aarhus University and the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) at the University of Oslo.
Read more here:
Ferreira, A.S.A., A.B. Neuheimer, & J.M. Durant. 2023. Impacts of the match-mismatch hypothesis across three trophic levels - a case study in the North Sea. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 80: 308-316. (link)