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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn017
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Decadal changes in hydrographic and ecological time-series in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean), identifying links between climate and zooplankton

Maria Luz Fernández de Puelles1, and Juan Carlos Molinero2

1 Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Muelle de Poniente s/n, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
2 Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR, FB3, Marine Ökologie, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany

Correspondence to M. L. Fernández de Puelles: tel: +34 971 401561; fax: +34 971 404945; e-mail: mluz.fernandez{at}ba.ieo.es

Fernández de Puelles, M. L., and Molinero, J. C. 2008. Decadal changes in hydrographic and ecological time-series in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean), identifying links between climate and zooplankton. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65.

We investigated possible relationships between climate, hydrography, and zooplankton abundance in the Balearic Sea (BS), during a 10-year survey period spanning January 1994 to December 2003. It was demonstrated that large-scale atmospheric variability in the North Atlantic (NA) Ocean acts as a driver of regional meteorological variations and hydrographic patterns in the BS. The results also revealed that the variability of copepods, appendicularians, cladocerans, siphonophores, doliolids, and ostracods is closely related to variations in water temperature recorded during strong anomalies of the NA climate (>1 s.d.). Although the time-series that we analysed cover a period that is relatively short for investigating climate effects on marine ecosystems, the statistical results reported were consistent enough to emphasize the NA’s climate effect on the BS. The cascade of links identified by these results should be considered and integrated into the assessment and modelling studies of pelagic ecosystem and biogeochemical fluxes in the western Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords: Balearic Sea, hydrography, North Atlantic climate, western Mediterranean, zooplankton

Received 11 July 2007; accepted 12 November 2007.


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