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Control of phytoplankton bloom by winter conditions in a Mediterranean coastal area : results from a long–term study (1979–2011)
Goffart, Anne; Hecq, Jean-Henri; Legendre, Louis
20142014 Ocean Sciences Meeting
 

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Keywords :
Phytoplankton; bloom; physical forcing; Mediterranean Sea; Corsica; Calvi; PhytoCly
Abstract :
[en] The occurrence of a late-winter (February-March) phytoplankton bloom is one of the most unifying features of Mediterranean pelagic ecosystems. However, very little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the interannual variability of this phytoplankton bloom in coastal areas. In the present study, we show how winter physical forcing and environmental drivers control surface phytoplankton bloom dynamics in terms of the onset of the bloom, its duration, and its intensity through the analysis of a long-term time series (1979-2011) at the oligotrophic PhytoCly station (Bay of Calvi, Corsica, northwestern Mediterranean). We define a winter intensity index (WII) that integrates wind forcing and water temperature, and discuss strong correlations between WII and both surface nutrient fertilization and phytoplankton bloom intensity. Our study is consistent with reports that phytoplankton blooms can develop in homogenous water columns, and it does not fit the conventional idea that phytoplankton are blooming in temperate oceans because of warming/stratification of the surface layer.
Research center :
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège
Disciplines :
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Goffart, Anne  ;  Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanologie
Hecq, Jean-Henri ;  Université de Liège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanologie
Legendre, Louis;  Sorbonne Universités, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche & CNRS, LOV, Observatoire océanologique, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Language :
English
Title :
Control of phytoplankton bloom by winter conditions in a Mediterranean coastal area : results from a long–term study (1979–2011)
Publication date :
February 2014
Event name :
2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Event organizer :
ASLO, TOS and AGU
Event place :
Honolulu, United States
Event date :
23-28 February 2014
Audience :
International
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