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| Diaz, Patricio A.; Reguera, Beatriz; Ruiz-villarreal, Manuel; Pazos, Yolanda; Velo-suarez, Lourdes; Berger, Henrick; Sourisseau, Marc. |
| In 2012, there were exceptional blooms of D. acuminata in early spring in what appeared to be a mesoscale event affecting Western Iberia and the Bay of Biscay. The objective of this work was to identify common climatic patterns to explain the observed anomalies in two important aquaculture sites, the Galician R as Baixas (NW Spain) and Arcachon Bay (SW France). Here, we examine climate variability through physical-biological couplings, Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies and time of initiation of the upwelling season and its intensity over several decades. In 2012, the mesoscale features common to the two sites were positive anomalies in SST and unusual wind patterns. These led to an atypical predominance of upwelling in winter in the Galician R as,... |
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Palavras-chave: Dinophysis acuminata; Climate variability; Upwelling patterns; River plumes; Exceptional algal blooms; Predictive models. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00180/29157/27554.pdf |
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| Berger, Henrick; Treguier, Anne-marie; Perenne, Nicolas; Talandier, Claude. |
| In this study, we analyse the seasonal variability of the sea surface salinity (SSS) for two coastal regions of the Gulf of Guinea from 1995 to 2006 using a high resolution model (1/12°) embedded in a Tropical Atlantic (1/4°) model. Compared with observations and climatologies, our model demonstrates a good capability to reproduce the seasonal and spatial variations of the SSS and mixed layer depth. Sensitivity experiments are carried out to assess the respective impacts of precipitations and river discharge on the spatial structure and seasonal variations of the SSS in the eastern part of the Gulf of Guinea. In the Bight of Biafra, both precipitations and river runoffs are necessary to observe permanent low SSS values but the river discharge has the... |
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Palavras-chave: Gulf of Guinea; Salinity; Modelling; Congo; Bight of Biafra; Mixed layer budget. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00194/30493/29215.pdf |
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