Large-scale climate forcing linked to phytoplankton biomass variability in the Northwest Atlantic ...

• Main Authors: Saba, Vincent S., Hyde, Kimberly J.W., Friedland, Kevin D., Hare, Jonathan A., Link, Jason S., Fogarty, Michael J.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2013 - Theme session M 2024
• Subjects: Technologies and data; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Nes; Nes’; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24753780; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Large-scale_climate_forcing_linked_to_phytoplankton_biomass_variability_in_the_Northwest_Atlantic/24753780

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web and a recent study of Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) worldwide suggested that high fisheries yield is associated with high surface chlorophyll-a (chl-a), a proxy for phytoplankton bi...