Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020)
As the biomass of pelagic Sargassum spp. increased across the North Atlantic equatorial recirculation region from 2011 onwards, massive rafts of sargasso appeared in the Western Caribbean in 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020. These events raised concerns regarding their negative consequences on the environ...
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[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography Uribe-Martínez, Abigail Berriel-Bueno, Diana Chávez, Valeria Cuevas, Eduardo Almeida, Karla Fontes, Jassiel van Tussenbroek, Brigitta Mariño-Tapia, Ismael Liceaga-Correa, Maria de los Ángeles Ojeda, Elena Castañeda-Ramírez, D. Gerardo Silva, Rodolfo Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020) |
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As the biomass of pelagic Sargassum spp. increased across the North Atlantic equatorial recirculation region from 2011 onwards, massive rafts of sargasso appeared in the Western Caribbean in 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020. These events raised concerns regarding their negative consequences on the environment, local income, and human wellbeing. As adequate monitoring and analysis tools are needed for designing in-water and on-beach control strategies to reduce potential negative impacts, more robust and spatially explicit information is needed in order to improve sargasso management and focus restoration efforts. In this paper, we offer a spatiotemporal multiscale description of sargasso distribution and dynamics for 2014–2020 in the Mexican Caribbean: (1) for the entire region (millions of km 2 ); (2) at the local scale (thousands of km 2 ) evaluating the dynamics inside the reef lagoon at Puerto Morelos, Mexico; and finally, (3) specific beach observations (hundreds of km 2 ) derived from data on beach cleaning volumes. Fifteen areas in the Mexican Caribbean, with different sargasso dispersions and on-shore accumulations, were evaluated. The areas around Tulum, Solidaridad, and Puerto Morelos have the most extreme and most frequent episodes but also exhibited the greatest seasonal variability. Extreme sargasso presence can occur in the Western Caribbean in any season, albeit with increasing coverage and recurrence in the summer. Images from a coastal video monitoring station at Puerto Morelos showed that massive sargasso beaching was associated with low energy conditions ( Hs < 0.25 m, wind speed<4 m/s, neap tide), while non-accumulation of sargasso on the beach occurred under high energy conditions ( Hs > 0.4 m , wind speed = 8 m/s, spring tide). Time-series analyses of sargasso beaching showed different periods of historic maximum sargasso coverage over July–October 2018 and others in January–February 2019. Wind and wave regimes influenced sargasso in distinct ways, depending on the coastal section, ... |
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Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020) |
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Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020) |
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Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020) |
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Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020) |
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Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020) |
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multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (sargassum spp.) in the mexican caribbean (2014–2020) |
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ftnormandieuniv:oai:HAL:hal-03959747v1 2023-06-11T04:15:02+02:00 Multiscale distribution patterns of pelagic rafts of sargasso (Sargassum spp.) in the Mexican Caribbean (2014–2020) Uribe-Martínez, Abigail Berriel-Bueno, Diana Chávez, Valeria Cuevas, Eduardo Almeida, Karla Fontes, Jassiel van Tussenbroek, Brigitta Mariño-Tapia, Ismael Liceaga-Correa, Maria de los Ángeles Ojeda, Elena Castañeda-Ramírez, D. Gerardo Silva, Rodolfo Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA) Morphodynamique Continentale et Côtière (M2C) Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN) Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN) Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2022-09-02 https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03959747 https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03959747/document https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03959747/file/fmars-09-920339.pdf https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.920339 en eng HAL CCSD Frontiers Media info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/fmars.2022.920339 hal-03959747 https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03959747 https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03959747/document https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03959747/file/fmars-09-920339.pdf doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.920339 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2296-7745 Frontiers in Marine Science https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03959747 Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, 9, ⟨10.3389/fmars.2022.920339⟩ [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftnormandieuniv https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.920339 2023-05-02T22:38:58Z As the biomass of pelagic Sargassum spp. increased across the North Atlantic equatorial recirculation region from 2011 onwards, massive rafts of sargasso appeared in the Western Caribbean in 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020. These events raised concerns regarding their negative consequences on the environment, local income, and human wellbeing. As adequate monitoring and analysis tools are needed for designing in-water and on-beach control strategies to reduce potential negative impacts, more robust and spatially explicit information is needed in order to improve sargasso management and focus restoration efforts. In this paper, we offer a spatiotemporal multiscale description of sargasso distribution and dynamics for 2014–2020 in the Mexican Caribbean: (1) for the entire region (millions of km 2 ); (2) at the local scale (thousands of km 2 ) evaluating the dynamics inside the reef lagoon at Puerto Morelos, Mexico; and finally, (3) specific beach observations (hundreds of km 2 ) derived from data on beach cleaning volumes. Fifteen areas in the Mexican Caribbean, with different sargasso dispersions and on-shore accumulations, were evaluated. The areas around Tulum, Solidaridad, and Puerto Morelos have the most extreme and most frequent episodes but also exhibited the greatest seasonal variability. Extreme sargasso presence can occur in the Western Caribbean in any season, albeit with increasing coverage and recurrence in the summer. Images from a coastal video monitoring station at Puerto Morelos showed that massive sargasso beaching was associated with low energy conditions ( Hs < 0.25 m, wind speed<4 m/s, neap tide), while non-accumulation of sargasso on the beach occurred under high energy conditions ( Hs > 0.4 m , wind speed = 8 m/s, spring tide). Time-series analyses of sargasso beaching showed different periods of historic maximum sargasso coverage over July–October 2018 and others in January–February 2019. Wind and wave regimes influenced sargasso in distinct ways, depending on the coastal section, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Normandie Université: HAL Frontiers in Marine Science 9 |