Marine ecology: Spring algal bloom and larval fish survival

The different factors that influence the prevalent decline in fish stocks are currently subject to urgent and intense scrutiny. Here we combine the use of remote-sensing satellite data with a long-term data set of haddock recruitment off the eastern continental shelf of Nova Scotia, Canada, to show...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 423; no. 6938; pp. 398 - 399
Main Authors Platt, Trevor, Fuentes-Yaco, César, Frank, Kenneth T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Nature Publishing Group 22.05.2003
Subjects
Algae
Animals
Atlantic Ocean
Biomass
Ecosystem
Eukaryota - physiology
Fishes - physiology
Food Chain
Humans
Larva - physiology
Marine
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Nova Scotia
Phytoplankton - physiology
Population Dynamics
Seasons
Time Factors
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Ocean
Canada, Nova Scotia
ANW, Canada, Nova Scotia
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Summary:The different factors that influence the prevalent decline in fish stocks are currently subject to urgent and intense scrutiny. Here we combine the use of remote-sensing satellite data with a long-term data set of haddock recruitment off the eastern continental shelf of Nova Scotia, Canada, to show that the survival of the larval fish depends on the timing of the local spring bloom of phytoplankton. This link has been suspected for more than 100 years, but its verification has had to wait for technology with sufficient spatial and temporal resolution.
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ISSN:0028-0836
DOI:10.1038/423398b