Large shifts in diatom and dinoflagellate biomass in the North Atlantic over six decades
Mutshinda, C.; Finkel, Z. V.; Irwin, A. J.
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The North Atlantic Ocean has large seasonal blooms rich in diatoms and dinoflagellates which can contribute disproportionately relative to other primary producers to export production and transfer of resources up the food web. Here we analyze data from the Continuous Plankton Recorder to reconstruct variation in the diatom and dinoflagellate community biomass over 6 decades across the North Atlantic. We find: 1) diatom and dinoflagellate biomass has decreased up to 2% per year throughout the North Atlantic except in the eastern and western shelf regions, and 2) there has been a 1-2% per year increase in diatom biomass relative to total diatom and dinoflagellate biomass throughout the North Atlantic, except the Arctic province, from 1960-2017. Our results confirm the widely reported relationship where diatoms are displaced by dinoflagellates as waters warm on short time scales, but we did not observe a coherent effect of sea surface temperature.
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