Barents Sea plankton production and controlling factors in a fluctuating climate
The Barents Sea and its marine ecosystem is exposed to many different processes related to the seasonal light variability, formation and melting of sea-ice, wind-induced mixing, and exchange of heat and nutrients with neighbouring ocean regions. A global model for the RCP4.5 scenario was downscaled,...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/2827869 2023-05-15T15:38:31+02:00 Barents Sea plankton production and controlling factors in a fluctuating climate Sandø, Anne Britt Mousing, Erik Askov Budgell, W.P. Hjøllo, Solfrid S Skogen, Morten D Ådlandsvik, Bjørn 2021 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2827869 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab067 eng eng ICES Journal of Marine Science. 2021, 78 (6), 1999-2016. urn:issn:1054-3139 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2827869 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab067 cristin:1950057 1999-2016 78 ICES Journal of Marine Science 6 Peer reviewed Journal article 2021 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab067 2021-11-10T23:36:42Z The Barents Sea and its marine ecosystem is exposed to many different processes related to the seasonal light variability, formation and melting of sea-ice, wind-induced mixing, and exchange of heat and nutrients with neighbouring ocean regions. A global model for the RCP4.5 scenario was downscaled, evaluated, and combined with a biophysical model to study how future variability and trends in temperature, sea-ice concentration, light, and wind-induced mixing potentially affect the lower trophic levels in the Barents Sea marine ecosystem. During the integration period (2010–2070), only a modest change in climate variables and biological production was found, compared to the inter-annual and decadal variability. The most prominent change was projected for the mid-2040s with a sudden decrease in biological production, largely controlled by covarying changes in heat inflow, wind, and sea-ice extent. The northernmost parts exhibited increased access to light during the productive season due to decreased sea-ice extent, leading to increased primary and secondary production in periods of low sea-ice concentrations. In the southern parts, variable access to nutrients as a function of wind-induced mixing and mixed layer depth were found to be the most dominating factors controlling variability in primary and secondary production. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Sea ice Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Barents Sea ICES Journal of Marine Science 78 6 1999 2016 |
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The Barents Sea and its marine ecosystem is exposed to many different processes related to the seasonal light variability, formation and melting of sea-ice, wind-induced mixing, and exchange of heat and nutrients with neighbouring ocean regions. A global model for the RCP4.5 scenario was downscaled, evaluated, and combined with a biophysical model to study how future variability and trends in temperature, sea-ice concentration, light, and wind-induced mixing potentially affect the lower trophic levels in the Barents Sea marine ecosystem. During the integration period (2010–2070), only a modest change in climate variables and biological production was found, compared to the inter-annual and decadal variability. The most prominent change was projected for the mid-2040s with a sudden decrease in biological production, largely controlled by covarying changes in heat inflow, wind, and sea-ice extent. The northernmost parts exhibited increased access to light during the productive season due to decreased sea-ice extent, leading to increased primary and secondary production in periods of low sea-ice concentrations. In the southern parts, variable access to nutrients as a function of wind-induced mixing and mixed layer depth were found to be the most dominating factors controlling variability in primary and secondary production. publishedVersion |
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Barents Sea plankton production and controlling factors in a fluctuating climate |
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Barents Sea plankton production and controlling factors in a fluctuating climate |
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Barents Sea plankton production and controlling factors in a fluctuating climate |
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