North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean
We assessed interrelations between climatic, meteorological and hydrological factors in the Balearic Sea, and identified drivers of the abundance variability of planktonic copepods over the period 1994–2003. Temporal variability in the total abundance of copepods appears to be indicative of the sout...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:7866 2023-05-15T17:26:19+02:00 North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean Fernandez de Puelles, M. L. Molinero, Juan Carlos 2007 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7866/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7866/1/Puelles_et_al-2007-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028354 en eng AGU (American Geophysical Union) https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7866/1/Puelles_et_al-2007-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf Fernandez de Puelles, M. L. and Molinero, J. C. (2007) North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean. Open Access Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (L04608). DOI 10.1029/2006GL028354 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028354>. doi:10.1029/2006GL028354 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed 2007 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028354 2023-04-07T14:55:35Z We assessed interrelations between climatic, meteorological and hydrological factors in the Balearic Sea, and identified drivers of the abundance variability of planktonic copepods over the period 1994–2003. Temporal variability in the total abundance of copepods appears to be indicative of the southern spreading of the Northern Current, and therefore of meridional transport of water masses in the Balearic Sea. The results show that the large-scale atmospheric variability in the North Atlantic Ocean acts as a main driver of regional meteorological variations and hydrographic patterns in the Balearic Sea area. The clearly most novel insight from this study is that the effects of the North Atlantic climate on hydrographic variability and the abundance of copepods in the studied area are noticeable at monthly scales. Thus, the North Atlantic climate influence on the structure and biogeochemical fluxes in the Western Mediterranean pelagic ecosystems deserve more attention that they have been received so far. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Copepods OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Geophysical Research Letters 34 4 |
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We assessed interrelations between climatic, meteorological and hydrological factors in the Balearic Sea, and identified drivers of the abundance variability of planktonic copepods over the period 1994–2003. Temporal variability in the total abundance of copepods appears to be indicative of the southern spreading of the Northern Current, and therefore of meridional transport of water masses in the Balearic Sea. The results show that the large-scale atmospheric variability in the North Atlantic Ocean acts as a main driver of regional meteorological variations and hydrographic patterns in the Balearic Sea area. The clearly most novel insight from this study is that the effects of the North Atlantic climate on hydrographic variability and the abundance of copepods in the studied area are noticeable at monthly scales. Thus, the North Atlantic climate influence on the structure and biogeochemical fluxes in the Western Mediterranean pelagic ecosystems deserve more attention that they have been received so far. |
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North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean |
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North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean |
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North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean |
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North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean |
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North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean |
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north atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the balearic sea, western mediterranean |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7866/1/Puelles_et_al-2007-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf Fernandez de Puelles, M. L. and Molinero, J. C. (2007) North Atlantic climate control on plankton variability in the Balearic Sea, western Mediterranean. Open Access Geophysical Research Letters, 34 (L04608). DOI 10.1029/2006GL028354 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028354>. doi:10.1029/2006GL028354 |
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