Marine zooplankton time series are crucial to understand the dynamics of pelagic ecosystems. However, most observational time series are only a few decades long, which limits our understanding of long-term zooplankton dynamics, renders attribution of observed trends to global change ambiguous, and hampers prediction of future response to environmental change. Planktonic foraminifera are calcifying marine zooplankton that have the unique potential to substantially extend our view on plankton dynamics because their skeletal remains are preserved for millions of years in deep-sea sediments. Thus, linking sedimentary and modern time series offers great potential to study zooplankton dynamics across time scales not accessible by direct observations. However, this link is rarely made and the potential of planktonic foraminifera for advancing our understanding of zooplankton dynamics remains underexploited. This underutilization of this potential to bridge time scales is mainly because of the lack of collaboration between biologists, who have mostly focused on other (zoo)plankton, and micropalaeontologists, who have focussed too narrowly on fossil foraminifera. With this food for thought article, we aim to highlight the unique potential of planktonic foraminifera to bridge the gap between biology and geology. We strongly believe that such collaboration has large benefits to both scientific communities.

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将浮游动物时间序列与化石记录联系起来

海洋浮游动物时间序列对于了解远洋生态系统的动态至关重要。然而，大多数观测时间序列只有几十年的时间，这限制了我们对长期浮游动物动力学的理解，使得观测到的趋势对全球变化的归因模糊不清，并阻碍了对未来对环境变化的反应的预测。浮游有孔虫是钙化的海洋浮游动物，它们具有独特的潜力，可以大大扩展我们对浮游生物动力学的看法，因为它们的骨骼残骸在深海沉积物中保存了数百万年。因此，将沉积时间序列和现代时间序列联系起来，为研究直接观测无法获得的跨时间尺度的浮游动物动力学提供了巨大的潜力。然而，这种联系很少被建立，并且浮游有孔虫在促进我们对浮游动物动力学的理解方面的潜力仍未得到充分利用。这种弥合时间尺度的潜力没有得到充分利用，主要是因为生物学家之间缺乏合作，他们主要关注其他（动物园）浮游生物，而微古生物学家则过于狭隘地关注化石有孔虫。通过这篇值得深思的文章，我们旨在突出浮游有孔虫在弥合生物学和地质学之间的差距方面的独特潜力。我们坚信这种合作对两个科学界都有很大的好处。他们主要关注其他（动物园）浮游生物和微型古生物学家，他们过于狭隘地关注化石有孔虫。通过这篇值得深思的文章，我们旨在突出浮游有孔虫在弥合生物学和地质学之间的差距方面的独特潜力。我们坚信这种合作对两个科学界都有很大的好处。他们主要关注其他（动物园）浮游生物和微型古生物学家，他们过于狭隘地关注化石有孔虫。通过这篇值得深思的文章，我们旨在突出浮游有孔虫在弥合生物学和地质学之间的差距方面的独特潜力。我们坚信这种合作对两个科学界都有很大的好处。