Ocean net heat flux influences seasonal to interannual patterns of plankton abundance
dc.contributor.author | Smyth, TJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Atkinson, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Bruun, JT | |
dc.contributor.author | Harmer, RA | |
dc.contributor.author | Pingree, RD | |
dc.contributor.author | Widdicombe, CE | |
dc.contributor.author | Somerfield, PJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-25T12:12:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-06-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | Changes in the net heat flux (NHF) into the ocean have profound impacts on global climate. We analyse a long-term plankton time-series and show that the NHF is a critical indicator of ecosystem dynamics. We show that phytoplankton abundance and diversity patterns are tightly bounded by the switches between negative and positive NHF over an annual cycle. Zooplankton increase before the transition to positive NHF in the spring but are constrained by the negative NHF switch in autumn. By contrast bacterial diversity is decoupled from either NHF switch, but is inversely correlated (r = 20.920) with the magnitude of the NHF. We show that the NHF is a robust mechanistic tool for predicting climate change indicators such as spring phytoplankton bloom timing and length of the growing season. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Union: 7th Framework Programme | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | INTERREG IVA | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 9, e98709 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0098709 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 308392 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 265294 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/36053 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_GB |
dc.rights | Copyright: © 2014 Smyth et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.title | Ocean net heat flux influences seasonal to interannual patterns of plankton abundance | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-25T12:12:36Z | |
dc.contributor.editor | Dam, HG | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from the publisher via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS ONE | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2014-05-02 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2014-06-11 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-02-25T12:05:51Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-02-25T12:12:38Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
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