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Ocean warming along temperate western boundaries of the Northern Hemisphere promotes an expansion of Cochlodinium polykrikoides blooms

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Griffith, Andrew W., Doherty, Owen M., Gobler, Christopher J.·2019·Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2019.0340PMC PMC6571469
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Since the early 1990s, ocean temperatures have increased and blooms of the icthyotoxic dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides (a.k.a. Margalefidinium polykrikoides ) have become more widespread across the Northern Hemisphere. This study used high-resolution (1–30 km), satellite-based sea surface temperature records since 1982 to model trends in growth and bloom season length for strains of C. polykrikoides inhabiting North American and East Asian coastlines to understand how warming has altered blooms in these regions. Methods provided approximately 180× greater spatial resolution than previous studies of the impacts of warming on harmful algae, providing novel insight into near shore, coastal environments. Along the US East Coast, significant increases in potential growth rates and bloom season length for North American ribotypes were observed with bloom-favourable conditions becoming established earlier and persisting longer from Chesapeake Bay through Cape Cod, areas where blooms have become newly established and/or intensified this century. Within the Sea of Japan, modelled mean potential growth rates and bloom season length of East Asian ribotypes displayed a significant positive correlation with rising sea surface temperatures since 1982, a period during which observed maximal cell densities of C. polykrikoides blooms have significantly increased. Results suggest that warming has contributed, in part, to altering the phenology of C. polykrikoides populations, potentially expanding its realized niche in temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.

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  • Use of nighttime sea surface temperature retrievals can introduce a negative cold bias in the record, as diurnal solar heating can increase daily sea surface temperature by over 5°C, particularly in shallow, tidally mixed estuaries.

    “However, use of nighttime retrievals can introduce a negative (cold) bias in the record, as diurnal solar heating can increase daily SST by over 5°C, particularly in shallow, tidally mixed estuaries (Griffith et al., 2019).”

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    In §2, Material and methods (a), “Temperature records” (page not provided), the paper says night-time retrievals may induce a cold bias and reports slight underestimation of maximum daily temperatures in shallow, tidally mixed tributaries. It does not state that diurnal solar heating raises daily SST by over 5°C; that mechanism and magnitude are unsupported by our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Griffith, A. W., Doherty, O. M., & Gobler, C. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • Eagle Rock Analytics, Sacramento, CA 95820, USA
  • Stony Brook University (US)
Corresponding author
Gobler, Christopher J.
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Venue
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher
The Royal Society
Published
2019-06-05
Volume
286
Issue
1904
Pages
20190340
ISSN
  • 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
  • 0962-8452
  • 1471-2954
DOI
10.1098/rspb.2019.0340
PMC
PMC6571469
OpenAlex
W2948372178
Cited by
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  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Simons Foundation, New York (R-CMB-40)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Keywords
Cochlodinium polykrikoides, harmful algal blooms, ocean warming, sea surface temperature, potential growth rate, phenology, realized niche, Chesapeake Bay, Sea of Japan, North American coast, East Asian coast, dinoflagellates, satellite sea surface temperature
MeSH terms
Computer Simulation, Dinoflagellida, Environmental Monitoring, Japan, Oceans and Seas, Seasons, Seawater, Temperature, United States, Republic of Korea, Harmful Algal Bloom, Climate Change

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