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LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
Volume 58, Issue 3, Pages 803-816Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.3.0803
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- National Science Foundation, Regional and Pan-Regional Synthesis Phases of the U.S. Global Ocean Ecosystem (GLOBEC) Program
- NERC [SAH01001] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [SAH01001] Funding Source: researchfish
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP) [0856531] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Ocean Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1154661] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Decadal-scale regime shifts in Northwest Atlantic shelf ecosystems can be remotely forced by climate-associated atmosphere-ocean interactions in the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean Basins. This remote climate forcing is mediated primarily by basin- and hemispheric-scale changes in ocean circulation. We review and synthesize results from process-oriented field studies and retrospective analyses of time-series data to document the linkages between climate, ocean circulation, and ecosystem dynamics. Bottom-up forcing associated with climate plays a prominent role in the dynamics of these ecosystems, comparable in importance to that of top-down forcing associated with commercial fishing. A broad perspective, one encompassing the effects of basin-and hemispheric-scale climate processes on marine ecosystems, will be critical to the sustainable management of marine living resources in the Northwest Atlantic.
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