Marine Ecosystem Response to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
Against the backdrop of warming of the Northern Hemisphere it has recently been acknowledged that North Atlantic temperature changes undergo considerable variability over multidecadal periods. The leading component of natural low-frequency temperature variability has been termed the Atlantic Multide...
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ftunivplympearl:oai:pearl.plymouth.ac.uk:10026.1/15198 2024-05-19T07:44:35+00:00 Marine Ecosystem Response to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation Edwards, M Beaugrand, G Helaouët, P Alheit, J Coombs, S 2013 e57212-e57212 Print-Electronic application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15198 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057212 en eng eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) United States ISSN:1932-6203 E-ISSN:1932-6203 1932-6203 ARTN e57212 http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/15198 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057212 Not known Animals Atlantic Ocean Ecosystem Fishes Plankton Seawater Temperature Time Factors journal-article Article 2013 ftunivplympearl https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057212 2024-05-01T00:05:12Z Against the backdrop of warming of the Northern Hemisphere it has recently been acknowledged that North Atlantic temperature changes undergo considerable variability over multidecadal periods. The leading component of natural low-frequency temperature variability has been termed the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). Presently, correlative studies on the biological impact of the AMO on marine ecosystems over the duration of a whole AMO cycle (∼60 years) is largely unknown due to the rarity of continuously sustained biological observations at the same time period. To test whether there is multidecadal cyclic behaviour in biological time-series in the North Atlantic we used one of the world's longest continuously sustained marine biological time-series in oceanic waters, long-term fisheries data and historical records over the last century and beyond. Our findings suggest that the AMO is far from a trivial presence against the backdrop of continued temperature warming in the North Atlantic and accounts for the second most important macro-trend in North Atlantic plankton records; responsible for habitat switching (abrupt ecosystem/regime shifts) over multidecadal scales and influences the fortunes of various fisheries over many centuries. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic PEARL (Plymouth Electronic Archiv & ResearchLibrary, Plymouth University) PLoS ONE 8 2 e57212 |
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Against the backdrop of warming of the Northern Hemisphere it has recently been acknowledged that North Atlantic temperature changes undergo considerable variability over multidecadal periods. The leading component of natural low-frequency temperature variability has been termed the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). Presently, correlative studies on the biological impact of the AMO on marine ecosystems over the duration of a whole AMO cycle (∼60 years) is largely unknown due to the rarity of continuously sustained biological observations at the same time period. To test whether there is multidecadal cyclic behaviour in biological time-series in the North Atlantic we used one of the world's longest continuously sustained marine biological time-series in oceanic waters, long-term fisheries data and historical records over the last century and beyond. Our findings suggest that the AMO is far from a trivial presence against the backdrop of continued temperature warming in the North Atlantic and accounts for the second most important macro-trend in North Atlantic plankton records; responsible for habitat switching (abrupt ecosystem/regime shifts) over multidecadal scales and influences the fortunes of various fisheries over many centuries. |
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Edwards, M Beaugrand, G Helaouët, P Alheit, J Coombs, S |
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Edwards, M Beaugrand, G Helaouët, P Alheit, J Coombs, S |
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Marine Ecosystem Response to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
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Marine Ecosystem Response to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
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Marine Ecosystem Response to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
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Marine Ecosystem Response to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
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Marine Ecosystem Response to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
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marine ecosystem response to the atlantic multidecadal oscillation |
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