Ocean surface characteristics influence recruitment variability of populations of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in the Northwest Atlantic

Abstract Ouellet, P., Fuentes-Yaco, C., Savard, L., Platt, T., Sathyendranath, S., Koeller, P., Orr, D., and Siegstad, H. 2011. Ocean surface characteristics influence recruitment variability of populations of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in the Northwest Atlantic. – ICES Journal of Marine Sc...

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Published in:ICES Journal of Marine Science
Main Authors: Ouellet, Patrick, Fuentes-Yaco, César, Savard, Louise, Platt, Trevor, Sathyendranath, Shubha, Koeller, Peter, Orr, David, Siegstad, Helle
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2010
Subjects:
Ecology
Aquatic Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
northern shrimp
Northwest Atlantic
Pandalus borealis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsq174
http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/68/4/737/29138222/fsq174.pdf
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Summary:Abstract Ouellet, P., Fuentes-Yaco, C., Savard, L., Platt, T., Sathyendranath, S., Koeller, P., Orr, D., and Siegstad, H. 2011. Ocean surface characteristics influence recruitment variability of populations of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in the Northwest Atlantic. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 737–744. Remotely sensed data were used to derive simple ecosystem indicators for four regions of the Northwest Atlantic to test the hypothesis that sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and spring phytoplankton bloom characteristics (initiation, timing, intensity, and duration) have a significant influence on larval survival and recruitment of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis). For all years (1998–2007) and regions, hatching was after the initiation of the bloom and before or after the bloom reached its maximum intensity. The results suggest that the best survival of larvae is associated with high warming rates of SST following hatching, but in very cold environments, warm temperatures at hatching seem to be important for larval survival. The analyses also indicate that larval survival is supported by an early, long phytoplankton bloom which attains high concentrations of chlorophyll a. The results demonstrate the potential of remotely sensed data for deriving simple population-specific ecosystem indicators for potential use in building operational recruitment models for predicting changes in northern shrimp abundance.

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