Category: Climate change
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Deep Chlorophyll Maxima and Climate Change
Climate change (warming) predictions describe a shift of phytoplankton distribution in the upper layer of the sea surface. This is because the reduction of mixing processes given by the rise of temperature increase the strength and duration of the stratification of water masses.
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The Deep Chlorophyll Maximum
A layer where light from above and nutrients from below become the resources for the survival of phytoplankton species.
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Fins On!
So, if we imagine for instance the anchovy fisheries, that are r-strategists, the bigger species that usually get caught in the fishing nets, such as sharks and rays, are victims of bycatch.
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Nocti in the house
Has it ever occurred to you that you went to the seaside, all excited to enter the water, but you were soon disappointed by the bubbly and discoloured vista of the coast?
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Polar bear on search of food
We all know the causes and consequences of global warming, but how much we know about changes among species is certainly the question.
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