Sensitivity of advective transfer times across the North Atlantic Ocean to the temporal and spatial resolution of model velocity data: Implication for European eel larval transport

2012 ◽  
Vol 55-56 ◽  
pp. 22-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Blanke ◽  
Sylvain Bonhommeau ◽  
Nicolas Grima ◽  
Yann Drillet
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Larval Transport ◽  
European Eel ◽  
Velocity Data ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Transfer Times

How does the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) retain its population structure during its larval migration across the North Atlantic Ocean?

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
A James Kettle ◽  
Keith Haines
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Anguilla Anguilla ◽  
European Eel ◽  
Sargasso Sea ◽  
Larval Migration ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
And Migration

A Lagrangian model is presented of the current-carried migration of the leptocephali (larvae) of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) across the North Atlantic Ocean from the spawning area in the Sargasso Sea to the adult range in Europe and North Africa. The success of larvae in crossing the Atlantic Ocean and reaching particular latitude bins on the eastern side depended strongly on starting location in the Sargasso Sea and migration depth. In the model domain, silver eel spawners can develop strategies for spawning location and migration depth to preferentially target particular regions in the adult range. This observation may help to explain the presence of gradients in molecular markers in eel samples collected across Europe. Spawning in the period of late winter – spring maximizes the average food availability along the 2-year larval trajectory. The fastest transatlantic larval migration in the model is about 2 years, and the route to Europe takes most of the larvae past the east coast of North America in the first year. These model results are consistent with the hypothesis that the European and American eel (Anguilla rostrata) could separate themselves on different sides of the Atlantic Ocean on the basis of the different durations of their larval stages.

scholarly journals Oceanic changes in the Sargasso Sea and declines in recruitment of the European eel

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin D. Friedland ◽  
Michael J. Miller ◽  
Brian Knights
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Mixed Layer Depth ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Larval Survival ◽  
Larval Transport ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
European Eel ◽  
Sargasso Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

Abstract Friedland, K. D., Miller, M. J., and Knights, B. 2007. Oceanic changes in the Sargasso Sea and declines in recruitment of the European eel. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64: 519–530. Anguillid eel recruitment in the North Atlantic has declined in recent decades, raising concerns that climatic changes in the Sargasso Sea may be influencing oceanic reproduction and larval survival. There is a significant negative correlation between the North Atlantic Oscillation and long-term variations in catches of glass eel stages of the European eel Anguilla anguilla recorded by the fishery independent Den Oever recruitment index (DOI) in the Netherlands, lagged by one year. Ocean-atmospheric changes in the Sargasso Sea may affect the location of spawning areas by silver eels and the survival of leptocephali during the key period when they are transported towards the Gulf Stream. A northward shift in a key isotherm (22.5°C), defining the northern boundary of the spawning area, a declining trend in winds and transport conditions in larval transport areas, and a shallowing of the mixed layer depth could affect primary productivity in areas where leptocephali feed. The relationships between these ocean parameters and the DOI suggest that these changing ocean conditions could be contributing to declining recruitment of the European eel and probably also of the American eel (A. rostrata), but anthropogenic factors during their continental life stage must also be considered.

Spatiotemporal evolution of the chlorophyll a trend in the North Atlantic Ocean

2018 ◽  
Vol 612 ◽  
pp. 1141-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Yuanling Zhang ◽  
Qi Shu ◽  
Chang Zhao ◽  
Gang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Spatiotemporal Evolution ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

On the uncertainty of future projections of Marine Heatwave events in the North Atlantic Ocean

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 2027-2056
Author(s):  
Sandra M. Plecha ◽  
Pedro M. M. Soares ◽  
Susana M. Silva-Fernandes ◽  
William Cabos
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Future Projections ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

Monthly satellite-derived phytoplankton pigment distribution for the North Atlantic Ocean basin

Eos ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (44) ◽  
pp. 835 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. E. Esaias ◽  
G. C. Feldman ◽  
C. R. McClain ◽  
J. A. Elrod
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Ocean Basin ◽  
Phytoplankton Pigment ◽  
The North ◽  
Pigment Distribution ◽  
The North Atlantic

scholarly journals A New Method for Tracking Meddies by Satellite Altimetry

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1434-1445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Ienna ◽  
Young-Heon Jo ◽  
Xiao-Hai Yan
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Saline Water ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Altimeter Data ◽  
In Situ Techniques ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

Abstract Subsurface coherent vortices in the North Atlantic, whose saline water originates from the Mediterranean Sea and which are known as Mediterranean eddies (meddies), have been of particular interest to physical oceanographers since their discovery, especially for their salt and heat transport properties into the North Atlantic Ocean. Many studies in the past have been successful in observing and studying the typical properties of meddies by probing them with in situ techniques. The use of remote sensing techniques would offer a much cheaper and easier alternative for studying these phenomena, but only a few past studies have been able to study meddies by remote sensing, and a reliable method for observing them remotely remains elusive. This research presents a new way of locating and tracking meddies in the North Atlantic Ocean using satellite altimeter data. The method presented in this research makes use of ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) as a means to isolate the surface expressions of meddies on the ocean surface and separates them from any other surface constituents, allowing robust meddies to be consistently tracked by satellite. One such meddy is successfully tracked over a 6-month time period (2 November 2005 to 17 May 2006). Results of the satellite tracking method are verified using expendable bathythermographs (XBT).

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