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Diatom response to alterations in upwelling and nutrient dynamics associated with climate forcing in the California Current System

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LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
卷 66, 期 4, 页码 1578-1593

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/lno.11705

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  1. National Science Foundation [OCE-1155663, OCE-1333929, OCE-1334387]
  2. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office [550825, 558198]

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The California Current System experiences strong seasonal variations in water properties, circulation, and productivity, with a warm anomaly known as the Blob affecting upwelling dynamics and diatom production. The nutrient supply to the euphotic zone decreased by 50% during the Blob, but local production during individual upwelling events was minimally impacted. Persistent biological hotspots with high biomass, depleted nutrients, and high specific production rates were observed throughout the study period.
The California Current System displays a strong seasonal cycle in water properties, circulation, and biological production. Interactions of the alongshore current with coastal and topographic features lead to high spatial variability forced by seasonal winds that displace surface coastal water offshore. This process also supplies nutrients to the euphotic zone by Ekman transport and eventually supports phytoplankton blooms typically dominated by diatoms. Here, we investigate the relationship between biogenic silica production and mesoscale upwelling dynamics along the central region of the California Current System between 2013 and 2015, a period affected by a warm anomaly known as the Blob. Changes in the upwelling phenology along California caused by this marine heatwave are investigated using an innovative index and related to patterns of diatom production during upwelling events to evaluate diatom resilience. Based on this new index, we estimated that the nutrient supply to the euphotic zone declined by 50% during the Blob, but the Blob had little impact on local production during individual upwelling events. A statistical analysis evaluating the relationship between production and environmental conditions reveals persistent biological hotspots characterized by high biomass, depleted nutrients, and high specific production rates (up to 0.7 d(-1)) throughout the study period. Lower observed biogenic silica to Chlorophyll a ratios during the Blob suggested a taxonomic shift from siliceous to nonsiliceous phytoplankton and/or lightly silicified diatoms signaling a change at the base of the food chain that could have ramifications for productivity in this eastern boundary coastal upwelling system.

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