Ekman Transport and Zooplankton Concentration in the North Pacific Ocean
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Annual concentrations of zooplankton off California varied directly, and concentrations in the western Bering Sea varied indirectly with calculated southerly components of Ekman transport in the previous year at 50°N,140°W. This point is in the area in which surface subarctic water and the deeper currents divide north and south. The underlying geostrophic flow requires approximately 1 year to reach each downstream sampling area. Summer concentrations of zooplankton at Ocean Station P, 50°N,145°W, varied with southerly and westerly components at 50°N,160°W during the previous winter. Fifty to sixty per cent of the variance of the annual concentration in zooplankton appears to be due to advection of surface water.
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Over interannual to decadal time scales, increased zooplankton biomass and variability in the productivity and abundance of zooplankton, fishes, and higher predators of the California Current have been attributed to the meridional position of the North Pacific Current.
“Over interannual to decadal time scales, increased zooplankton biomass [45][46][47] and variability in the productivity and abundance of zooplankton, fishes, and higher predators of the California Current have been attributed to the meridional position of the North Pacific Current [48][49][50].”
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- Authors
- Wickett, W. P.
- Corresponding author
- Wickett, W. Percy
- Venue
- Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Publisher
- Canadian Science Publishing
- Published
- 1967-03-01
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 581-594
- ISSN
- 0015-296X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2145465016
- Cited by
- 84
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Keywords
- Ekman transport, North Pacific, California Current, Bering Sea, geostrophic currents, ocean advection, seasonal variation, subarctic waters, western boundary currents
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