Exploring seasonal fluctuations in the zooplankton communities from the WPWP epipelagic and mesopelagic zones by means of eDNA metabarcoding

Yunzhi FENG; Dong SUN; Qianwen SHAO; Chen FANG; Chunsheng WANG

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Exploring seasonal fluctuations in the zooplankton communities from the WPWP epipelagic and mesopelagic zones by means of eDNA metabarcoding

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- Exploring seasonal fluctuations in the zooplankton communities from the WPWP epipelagic and mesopelagic zones by means of eDNA metabarcoding
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 43, Issue 5, Pages: 1528-1542(2025)
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  1.Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
  2.School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
  3.Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519082, China
  4.Ningbo Institute of Oceanography, Ningbo 315832, China
- Author bio：
  
  sund@sio.org.cn
  wangsio@sio.org.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-025-4205-2
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- Received：28 July 2024，
  
  Accepted：25 September 2024，
  
  Online First：16 December 2024，
  
  Published：01 September 2025
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FENG Yunzhi,SUN Dong,SHAO Qianwen,et al.Exploring seasonal fluctuations in the zooplankton communities from the WPWP epipelagic and mesopelagic zones by means of eDNA metabarcoding[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(05):1528-1542.
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FENG Yunzhi,SUN Dong,SHAO Qianwen,et al.Exploring seasonal fluctuations in the zooplankton communities from the WPWP epipelagic and mesopelagic zones by means of eDNA metabarcoding[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2025,43(05):1528-1542. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-025-4205-2.

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Abstract

Understanding the seasonal variations of the zooplankton community’s structure in the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP)—the most stable open marine environment in the Pacific Ocean—is crucial to predict the impacts of climate change on the ecosystem. However

knowledge on these variations in this region down to the mesopelagic zone is insufficient. In this study

the environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding method was used to investigate the zooplankton community during summer

autumn

and winter

from the surface to a depth of 1 000 m spanning the epipelagic to mesopelagic zones. The zooplankton community structure exhibited seasonal fluctuations at multiple depths except for 200 and 1 000 m. In addition

a stronger zooplankton seasonality was particularly recorded in the epipelagic zone than in the mesopelagic zone

which is consistent with the environmental changes. The studied zooplanktons are dominated by medusae and copepods that showed distinct seasonality. At all depths

medusae exhibited greater seasonal variations than the overall zooplankton community

whereas the copepods did not exhibit significant seasonality. The environmental features and the seasons exerted greater influences on the structure of the zooplankton communities than did the spatial factors. The results of this study indicate that eDNA metabarcoding can provide novel insights into zooplankton assemblages due to its ability to capture a rich variety of medusae

which are often underestimated by net collection.

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