North Atlantic climate and northwestern Mediterranean plankton variability
Climate variability across three distinct spatial scales and the interannual changes of planktonic copepods and jellyfish were studied from November 1966 to December 1993. The results obtained identified a cascade of links between the large-scale climate pattern playing out in the North Atlantic and...
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| Summary: | Climate variability across three distinct spatial scales and the interannual changes of planktonic copepods and jellyfish were studied from November 1966 to December 1993. The results obtained identified a cascade of links between the large-scale climate pattern playing out in the North Atlantic and the local climate variability governing the Ligurian Sea, northwestern Mediterranean. The chain of events appeared driven by the long-term temperature anomalies that in turn played a key role in the relationship between copepods and jellyfish. Indeed, the increase in jellyfish outbreaks during the 1980s was largely favored by high positive anomalies observed in climate at large |
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