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Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6115-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6115-2021
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 23
Research article
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30 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 30 Nov 2021

Enhanced chlorophyll-a concentration in the wake of Sable Island, eastern Canada, revealed by two decades of satellite observations: a response to grey seal population dynamics?

Emmanuel Devred, Andrea Hilborn, and Cornelia Elizabeth den Heyer

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A theoretical model of grey seal seasonal abundance on Sable Island (SI) coupled with chlorophyll-a concentration [chl-a] measured by satellite revealed the impact of seal nitrogen fertilization on the surrounding waters of SI, Canada. The increase in seals from about 100 000 in 2003 to about 360 000 in 2018 during the breeding season is consistent with an increase in [chl-a] leeward of SI. The increase in seal abundance explains 8 % of the [chl-a] increase.
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