Multiyear variability of phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Maine
<qd> Kane, J. 2011. Multiyear variability of phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Maine. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1833–1841. </qd>Significant interannual changes in phytoplankton abundance were identified in the Continuous Plankton Recorder time-series collected in the Gul...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:icesjms:68/9/1833 2023-05-15T15:48:01+02:00 Multiyear variability of phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Maine Kane, Joseph 2011-09-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/68/9/1833 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr122 en eng Oxford University Press http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/68/9/1833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr122 Copyright (C) 2011, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer Articles TEXT 2011 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr122 2011-09-11T21:09:18Z <qd> Kane, J. 2011. Multiyear variability of phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Maine. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1833–1841. </qd>Significant interannual changes in phytoplankton abundance were identified in the Continuous Plankton Recorder time-series collected in the Gulf of Maine from 1961 to 2008. Abundance levels of nearly all the common taxa began to increase in 1990 and remained elevated through 2001. During that period, total numbers were above average throughout the year, with an unusual bloom in late summer. Multivariate analysis of abundance identified three consecutive multiyear periods of varying abundance levels: low to average from 1961 to 1989, above average or very high from 1990 to 2001, and below average thereafter, through 2008. Phytoplankton abundance patterns were closely aligned to the rising trends displayed by several of the common zooplankton taxa. The North Atlantic Oscillation was the only environmental variable examined that showed some association with time-series abundance trends of plankton. The index was primarily positive in the 1990s, which would favour the propagation of warm, nutrient-rich slope water into the region. Perhaps the increased influx of this water, along with feedback enrichment from abundant zooplankton stocks and reduced top-down control by the relative scarcity of the dominant copepod Calanus finmarchicus , combined with a low salinity to make the 1990s a unique decade for plankton change in the Gulf of Maine. Text Calanus finmarchicus North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation HighWire Press (Stanford University) Kane ENVELOPE(-63.038,-63.038,-73.952,-73.952) ICES Journal of Marine Science 68 9 1833 1841 |
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<qd> Kane, J. 2011. Multiyear variability of phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Maine. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 1833–1841. </qd>Significant interannual changes in phytoplankton abundance were identified in the Continuous Plankton Recorder time-series collected in the Gulf of Maine from 1961 to 2008. Abundance levels of nearly all the common taxa began to increase in 1990 and remained elevated through 2001. During that period, total numbers were above average throughout the year, with an unusual bloom in late summer. Multivariate analysis of abundance identified three consecutive multiyear periods of varying abundance levels: low to average from 1961 to 1989, above average or very high from 1990 to 2001, and below average thereafter, through 2008. Phytoplankton abundance patterns were closely aligned to the rising trends displayed by several of the common zooplankton taxa. The North Atlantic Oscillation was the only environmental variable examined that showed some association with time-series abundance trends of plankton. The index was primarily positive in the 1990s, which would favour the propagation of warm, nutrient-rich slope water into the region. Perhaps the increased influx of this water, along with feedback enrichment from abundant zooplankton stocks and reduced top-down control by the relative scarcity of the dominant copepod Calanus finmarchicus , combined with a low salinity to make the 1990s a unique decade for plankton change in the Gulf of Maine. |
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Multiyear variability of phytoplankton abundance in the Gulf of Maine |
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