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Main Authors: Bode, Antonio, Estévez, M Graciela, Varela, Manuel, Vilar, José A
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Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.855901
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author Bode, Antonio
Estévez, M Graciela
Varela, Manuel
Vilar, José A
author_facet Bode, Antonio
Estévez, M Graciela
Varela, Manuel
Vilar, José A
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Phytoplankton is a sentinel of marine ecosystem change. Composed by many species with different life-history strategies, it rapidly responds to environment changes. An analysis of the abundance of 54 phytoplankton species in Galicia (NW Spain) between 1989 and 2008 to determine the main components of temporal variability in relation to climate and upwelling showed that most of this variability was stochastic, as seasonality and long term trends contributed to relatively small fractions of the series. In general, trends appeared as non linear, and species clustered in 4 groups according to the trend pattern but there was no defined pattern for diatoms, dinoflagellates or other groups. While, in general, total abundance increased, no clear trend was found for 23 species, 14 species decreased, 4 species increased during the early 1990s, and only 13 species showed a general increase through the series. In contrast, series of local environmental conditions (temperature, stratification, nutrients) and climate-related variables (atmospheric pressure indices, upwelling winds) showed a high fraction of their variability in deterministic seasonality and trends. As a result, each species responded independently to environmental and climate variability, measured by generalized additive models. Most species showed a positive relationship with nutrient concentrations but only a few showed a direct relationship with stratification and upwelling. Climate variables had only measurable effects on some species but no common response emerged. Because its adaptation to frequent disturbances, phytoplankton communities in upwelling ecosystems appear less sensitive to changes in regional climate than other communities characterized by short and well defined productive periods.
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spellingShingle Phytoplankton abundance series (1989-2008) off A Coruña (Spain)
Bode, Antonio
Estévez, M Graciela
Varela, Manuel
Vilar, José A
Asterionellopsis glacialis; Bottle, Niskin; Cerataulina pelagica; Ceratium furca; Ceratium fusus; Ceratium lineatum; Chaetoceros affinis; Chaetoceros compressus; Chaetoceros curvisetus; Chaetoceros debilis; Chaetoceros decipiens; Chaetoceros didymus; Chaetoceros gracilis; Chaetoceros socialis; Chaetoceros spp.; Cryptomonadales; Dactyliosolen fragilissimus; DATE/TIME; DEPTH, water; Detonula pumila; Dictyocha fibula; Dinophysis acuminata; Distephanus speculum; E2CO; Eutreptiella sp.; Galicia Margin; Guinardia delicatula; Guinardia striata; Gyrodinium spirale; Heterocapsa niei; Katodinium glaucum; Lauderia annulata; Leptocylindrus danicus; Leptocylindrus minimus; Navicula transitans; NIS; Nitzschia longissima; Paralia sulcata; Phaeocystis pouchetii; Proboscia alata; Prorocentrum balticum; Prorocentrum micans; Prorocentrum minimum; Protoperidinium bipes; Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima; Pseudo-nitzschia pungens; Quantitative phytoplankton method (Utermöhl, 1958); Rhizosolenia imbricata; Rhizosolenia setigera; Scrippsiella trochoidea; Skeletonema costatum; Solenicola setigera; Thalassionema nitzschioides; Thalassiosira angulata; Thalassiosira anguste-lineata; Thalassiosira antarctica; Thalassiosira levanderi; Thalassiosira oestrupii; Thalassiosira rotula; Torodinium robustum
Phytoplankton is a sentinel of marine ecosystem change. Composed by many species with different life-history strategies, it rapidly responds to environment changes. An analysis of the abundance of 54 phytoplankton species in Galicia (NW Spain) between 1989 and 2008 to determine the main components of temporal variability in relation to climate and upwelling showed that most of this variability was stochastic, as seasonality and long term trends contributed to relatively small fractions of the series. In general, trends appeared as non linear, and species clustered in 4 groups according to the trend pattern but there was no defined pattern for diatoms, dinoflagellates or other groups. While, in general, total abundance increased, no clear trend was found for 23 species, 14 species decreased, 4 species increased during the early 1990s, and only 13 species showed a general increase through the series. In contrast, series of local environmental conditions (temperature, stratification, nutrients) and climate-related variables (atmospheric pressure indices, upwelling winds) showed a high fraction of their variability in deterministic seasonality and trends. As a result, each species responded independently to environmental and climate variability, measured by generalized additive models. Most species showed a positive relationship with nutrient concentrations but only a few showed a direct relationship with stratification and upwelling. Climate variables had only measurable effects on some species but no common response emerged. Because its adaptation to frequent disturbances, phytoplankton communities in upwelling ecosystems appear less sensitive to changes in regional climate than other communities characterized by short and well defined productive periods.
title Phytoplankton abundance series (1989-2008) off A Coruña (Spain)
topic Asterionellopsis glacialis; Bottle, Niskin; Cerataulina pelagica; Ceratium furca; Ceratium fusus; Ceratium lineatum; Chaetoceros affinis; Chaetoceros compressus; Chaetoceros curvisetus; Chaetoceros debilis; Chaetoceros decipiens; Chaetoceros didymus; Chaetoceros gracilis; Chaetoceros socialis; Chaetoceros spp.; Cryptomonadales; Dactyliosolen fragilissimus; DATE/TIME; DEPTH, water; Detonula pumila; Dictyocha fibula; Dinophysis acuminata; Distephanus speculum; E2CO; Eutreptiella sp.; Galicia Margin; Guinardia delicatula; Guinardia striata; Gyrodinium spirale; Heterocapsa niei; Katodinium glaucum; Lauderia annulata; Leptocylindrus danicus; Leptocylindrus minimus; Navicula transitans; NIS; Nitzschia longissima; Paralia sulcata; Phaeocystis pouchetii; Proboscia alata; Prorocentrum balticum; Prorocentrum micans; Prorocentrum minimum; Protoperidinium bipes; Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima; Pseudo-nitzschia pungens; Quantitative phytoplankton method (Utermöhl, 1958); Rhizosolenia imbricata; Rhizosolenia setigera; Scrippsiella trochoidea; Skeletonema costatum; Solenicola setigera; Thalassionema nitzschioides; Thalassiosira angulata; Thalassiosira anguste-lineata; Thalassiosira antarctica; Thalassiosira levanderi; Thalassiosira oestrupii; Thalassiosira rotula; Torodinium robustum
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.855901