Water column stability and Calanus finmarchicus
Many authors have suggested that the abundance of the subarctic species Calanus finmarchicus can be influenced by the structure of the water column. Unfortunately, to date, such a link has never been confirmed either experimentally or statistically. By using a macroecological approach, we investigat...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:plankt:33/1/119 2023-05-15T15:47:55+02:00 Water column stability and Calanus finmarchicus Reygondeau, Gabriel Beaugrand, Grégory 2011-01-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/1/119 https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq091 en eng Oxford University Press http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/33/1/119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq091 Copyright (C) 2011, Oxford University Press ORIGINAL ARTICLES TEXT 2011 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq091 2013-05-27T03:17:52Z Many authors have suggested that the abundance of the subarctic species Calanus finmarchicus can be influenced by the structure of the water column. Unfortunately, to date, such a link has never been confirmed either experimentally or statistically. By using a macroecological approach, we investigated this hypothesis and showed that it varies with the developmental stage of the species. First, we implemented a new statistical procedure, based on an exponentially weighted moving average, to identify and quantify the depth and intensity of the thermocline. We applied the technique on 1 005 619 temperature profiles over the North Atlantic Ocean and provide a mapping of these two descriptors at a seasonal scale. Second, we studied the relationships between the depth and the intensity of the thermocline and C. finmarchicus using a biological data set of 99 599 sampling stations. Our results suggested that the characteristics of the water column influence the spatial distribution of C. finmarchicus . The frequency in the occurrence of this species decreases when stratification rises. Our results further revealed that the effect is more pronounced for young copepodite stages. Such findings are of interest, since, in a warmer world, water stratification is expected to increase, making more likely a reduction in the abundance of this key species in the North Atlantic. Text Calanus finmarchicus North Atlantic Subarctic HighWire Press (Stanford University) Journal of Plankton Research 33 1 119 136 |
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Many authors have suggested that the abundance of the subarctic species Calanus finmarchicus can be influenced by the structure of the water column. Unfortunately, to date, such a link has never been confirmed either experimentally or statistically. By using a macroecological approach, we investigated this hypothesis and showed that it varies with the developmental stage of the species. First, we implemented a new statistical procedure, based on an exponentially weighted moving average, to identify and quantify the depth and intensity of the thermocline. We applied the technique on 1 005 619 temperature profiles over the North Atlantic Ocean and provide a mapping of these two descriptors at a seasonal scale. Second, we studied the relationships between the depth and the intensity of the thermocline and C. finmarchicus using a biological data set of 99 599 sampling stations. Our results suggested that the characteristics of the water column influence the spatial distribution of C. finmarchicus . The frequency in the occurrence of this species decreases when stratification rises. Our results further revealed that the effect is more pronounced for young copepodite stages. Such findings are of interest, since, in a warmer world, water stratification is expected to increase, making more likely a reduction in the abundance of this key species in the North Atlantic. |
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