| EV |
EBV |
| Realm |
Marine |
| EBV class |
Community Composition |
| EBV name |
Functional diversity of marine plankton |
| Step in identification process |
User & Policy Needs Assessment |
| Definition |
The functional composition and diversity (e.g. based on morphological, physiological or behavioral traits) of marine plankton in the Southern Ocean within contiguous spatial units (grid cells) over time |
| Metric |
Presence and dominance of key functional groups or life formsDiversity of functional groups or life formsFunctional diversity indices |
| Spatial resolution unit |
10 × 10 km – 50 × 50 km |
| Temporal resolution unit |
Seasonal – 1 year |
| Taxonomic scope |
TBD |
| Which EESVs can be deduced from this EBV? |
Global climate regulation services |