Long-term Field Observations on Seasonality in Chlorophyll-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis> Concentrations in a Shallow Coastal Marine Ecosystem,the Wadden Sea |
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Authors: | Catharina Johanna Maria Philippart Jolanda Martine van Iperen Gerhard Cornelis Cadée Alain François Zuur |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Marine Ecology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands;(2) Highland Statistics Ltd, Laverock Road, AB41 6FN Newburgh, UK;(3) Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Main Street, AB41 6AA Newburgh, UK |
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Abstract: | Analyses of long-term field observations (1974–2007) on chlorophyll-a concentrations in the western Wadden Sea showed no long-term trends in the timing of the wax and wane of phytoplankton spring
blooms. There is weak evidence, however, that the height of the autumn bloom has decreased since the early 1990s. This fading
of the autumn bloom may have had consequences for the carbon transfer to higher trophic levels, currently hampering primary
consumer species that mostly rely on food supply during late summer. Current and other findings suggest a shortening of the
growing season due to the fading of the autumn bloom in the Wadden Sea and a lengthening of the growing season due to an advancement
of the spring bloom in the North Sea. These regionally different changes in seasonality may have contributed to the coinciding
decrease in bivalve filtering capacity in the western Wadden Sea and the large-scale offshore shift of juvenile plaice from
the Wadden Sea to the adjacent North Sea. |
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