Physical forcing and phytoplankton distributions

Authors

  • Trevor Platt Bedford Institute of Oceanography
  • Heather Bouman Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University
  • Emmanuel Devred Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University
  • César Fuentes-Yaco Bedford Institute of Oceanography - Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University
  • Shubha Sathyendranath Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2005.69s155

Keywords:

phytoplankton, pigments, remote sensing, ocean colour, diatoms, hurricane, biogeochemical provinces

Abstract


At the global and regional scales, the distribution and abundance of marine phytoplankton are under the control of physical forcing. Moreover, the community structure and the size structure of phytoplankton assemblages also appear to be under physical control. Areas of the ocean with common physical forcing (ecological provinces) may be expected to have phytoplankton communities that respond in a similar fashion to changes in local forcing, and with ecophysiological rate parameters that are predictable from local environmental conditions. In modelling the marine ecosystem, relevant parameters may be assigned according to a partition into ecological provinces. To the extent that physical forcing of the ocean is not constant within or between years, the boundaries of the provinces should be considered as dynamic. The dynamics and the associated changes in taxa can be revealed by remote sensing.

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Published

2005-06-30

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Platt T, Bouman H, Devred E, Fuentes-Yaco C, Sathyendranath S. Physical forcing and phytoplankton distributions. scimar [Internet]. 2005Jun.30 [cited 2023Mar.28];69(S1):55-73. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/294

Issue

Vol. 69 No. S1 (2005)

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