Drivers of variability of Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine: roles of internal production and external exchange

Author:

Ji Rubao1ORCID,Runge Jeffrey A2,Davis Cabell S1,Wiebe Peter H1

Affiliation:

1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA

2. University of Maine, Darling Marine Center, Walpole, ME 04573, USA

Abstract

Abstract The lipid-rich calanoid copepod, Calanus finmarchicus, plays a critical role in the Gulf of Maine pelagic food web. Despite numerous studies over the last several decades, a clear picture of variability patterns and links with key environmental drivers remains elusive. This study applies model-based scaling and sensitivity analyses to a regional plankton dataset collected over the last four decades (1977–2017). The focus is to describe the gulf-wide spatio-temporal patterns across three major basins, and to assess the relative roles of internal population dynamics and external exchanges. For the spring stock, there is strong synchrony of interannual variability among three basins. This variability is largely driven by internal population dynamics rather than external exchanges, and the internal population dynamics are more sensitive to the change of top-down mortality regime than the bottom-up forcings. For the fall stock, the synchrony among basins weakens, and the variability is influenced by both internal mortality and external dilution loss. There appears to be no direct connection between the spring stock with either the preceding or subsequent fall stock, suggesting seasonal or sub-seasonal scales of population variability and associated drivers. The results highlight seasonally varying drivers responsible for population variability, including previously less recognized top-down control.

Funder

NERACOOS

BOEM-UMaine Cooperative Agreement

Northeast US Shelf Long Term Ecological Research

NSF

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Ecology,Aquatic Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Oceanography

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