Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica)
Abstract Understanding the recruitment variability of the Atlantic herring North Sea stock remains a key objective of stock assessment and management. Although many efforts have been undertaken linking climatic and stock dynamic factors to herring recruitment, no major attempt has been made to estim...
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crwiley:10.1111/faf.12362 2024-09-15T17:54:29+00:00 Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica) Estrella‐Martínez, Juan Schöne, Bernd R. Thurstan, Ruth H. Capuzzo, Elisa Scourse, James D. Butler, Paul G. FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12362 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Ffaf.12362 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/faf.12362 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/faf.12362 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Fish and Fisheries volume 20, issue 3, page 537-551 ISSN 1467-2960 1467-2979 journal-article 2019 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12362 2024-07-23T04:10:15Z Abstract Understanding the recruitment variability of the Atlantic herring North Sea stock remains a key objective of stock assessment and management. Although many efforts have been undertaken linking climatic and stock dynamic factors to herring recruitment, no major attempt has been made to estimate recruitment levels before the 20th century. Here, we present a novel annually resolved, absolutely dated herring recruitment reconstruction, derived from stable carbon isotope geochemistry (δ 13 C), from ocean quahog shells from the Fladen Ground (northern North Sea). Our age model is based on a growth increment chronology obtained from fourteen shells. Ten of these were micromilled at annual resolution for δ 13 C analysis. Our results indicate that the anthropogenically driven relative depletion of 13 C, the oceanic Suess effect ( oSE ), became evident in the northern North Sea in the 1850s. We calculated a regression line between the oSE ‐detrended δ 13 C results (δ 13 CṠ) and diatom abundance in the North Sea, the regression being mediated by the effect of phytoplankton on the δ 13 C of the ambient dissolved inorganic carbon. We used this regression to build an equation mediated by a nutritional link to reconstruct herring recruitment using δ 13 CṠ. The reconstruction suggests that there were five extended episodes of low‐recruitment levels before the 20th century. These results are supported by measured recruitment estimates and historical fish catch and export documentation. This work demonstrates that molluscan sclerochronological records can contribute to the investigation of ecological baselines and ecosystem functioning impacted by anthropogenic activity with implications for conservation and stock management. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctica islandica Ocean quahog Wiley Online Library Fish and Fisheries 20 3 537 551 |
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Abstract Understanding the recruitment variability of the Atlantic herring North Sea stock remains a key objective of stock assessment and management. Although many efforts have been undertaken linking climatic and stock dynamic factors to herring recruitment, no major attempt has been made to estimate recruitment levels before the 20th century. Here, we present a novel annually resolved, absolutely dated herring recruitment reconstruction, derived from stable carbon isotope geochemistry (δ 13 C), from ocean quahog shells from the Fladen Ground (northern North Sea). Our age model is based on a growth increment chronology obtained from fourteen shells. Ten of these were micromilled at annual resolution for δ 13 C analysis. Our results indicate that the anthropogenically driven relative depletion of 13 C, the oceanic Suess effect ( oSE ), became evident in the northern North Sea in the 1850s. We calculated a regression line between the oSE ‐detrended δ 13 C results (δ 13 CṠ) and diatom abundance in the North Sea, the regression being mediated by the effect of phytoplankton on the δ 13 C of the ambient dissolved inorganic carbon. We used this regression to build an equation mediated by a nutritional link to reconstruct herring recruitment using δ 13 CṠ. The reconstruction suggests that there were five extended episodes of low‐recruitment levels before the 20th century. These results are supported by measured recruitment estimates and historical fish catch and export documentation. This work demonstrates that molluscan sclerochronological records can contribute to the investigation of ecological baselines and ecosystem functioning impacted by anthropogenic activity with implications for conservation and stock management. |
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Estrella‐Martínez, Juan Schöne, Bernd R. Thurstan, Ruth H. Capuzzo, Elisa Scourse, James D. Butler, Paul G. Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica) |
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Estrella‐Martínez, Juan Schöne, Bernd R. Thurstan, Ruth H. Capuzzo, Elisa Scourse, James D. Butler, Paul G. |
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Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica) |
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Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica) |
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Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica) |
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Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica) |
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Reconstruction of Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus) recruitment in the North Sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 C from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( Arctica islandica) |
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reconstruction of atlantic herring ( clupea harengus) recruitment in the north sea for the past 455 years based on the δ 13 c from annual shell increments of the ocean quahog ( arctica islandica) |
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