Articles | Volume 15, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4431-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4431-2018
Research article
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19 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 19 Jul 2018

Impact of decadal reversals of the north Ionian circulation on phytoplankton phenology

Héloise Lavigne, Giuseppe Civitarese, Miroslav Gačić, and Fabrizio D'Ortenzio

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The north Ionian circulation, which is characterized by a decadal alternation of cyclonic and anticyclonic regime, affects phytoplankton dynamics and surface chlorophyll a. From satellite ocean color data, the cyclonic and anticyclonic regimes are compared and two chlorophyll a dynamics are observed: when circulation is anticyclonic, bloom initiation is in December and chlorophyll is low in March, whereas during the cyclonic regime, a late chlorophyll peak is commonly observed in March.
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