Antarctic circumpolar wave impact on marine biology: A natural laboratory for climate change study

Le Quéré, Corinne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-0452, Bopp, Laurent and Tegen, Ina (2002) Antarctic circumpolar wave impact on marine biology: A natural laboratory for climate change study. Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (10). 45-1-45-4. ISSN 0094-8276

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Abstract

We use the observed variations in ocean surface chlorophyll, temperature and height caused by the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave (ACW) as a natural laboratory to determine how marine biology responds to changes in ocean stratification in the Southern Ocean. Interannual variations of surface chlorophyll (±5%) observed by SeaWiFS satellite during 1997-2001 vary in phase over the entire Southern Ocean in spite of large east-west dipoles in ocean dynamics. We suggest that this behavior is due to the regional predominance of light versus nutrient limitation over the most productive regions of the Southern Ocean.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2011 07:07
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 15:51
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/32683
DOI:	10.1029/2001GL014585

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