Earth nutation influence on system dynamics of Northeast Arctic cod

This paper reports a correlation between the time series of Northeast Arctic cod population estimates and the Earth's nutation of 18.6 years. In the Barents Sea harmonic temperature cycles of 3*18.6=55.8 years, 18.6 years, and 18.6/3=6.2 years are correlated to the growth rate of cod and will c...

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Published in:ICES Journal of Marine Science
Main Author: Yndestad, H.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1999
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Online Access:http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/56/5/652
https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1999.0491
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Summary:This paper reports a correlation between the time series of Northeast Arctic cod population estimates and the Earth's nutation of 18.6 years. In the Barents Sea harmonic temperature cycles of 3*18.6=55.8 years, 18.6 years, and 18.6/3=6.2 years are correlated to the growth rate of cod and will cause long-term biomass fluctuations. Harmonic temperature cycles of 18.6/3=6.2 years cycle are correlated exponentially to time series of the recruitment cycles of cod. The influence of the Earth's nutation is explained by a General Systems theory where temperature cycles are a forced oscillator on the biological system in the Barents Sea. The system dynamics of the cod biomass are synchronized to the temperature cycle and amplified by a biological stochastic resonance to the supply of food.