Influence of interannual climatic fluctuations on biological systems

Clark, Nathan; Blasing, T. J.; Fritts, Harold C.

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“…A relation between the annual growth rate of trees in the Southwest and the latitudinal distribution of albacore tuna in the Pacific Ocean has been described along with simultaneous disruptions in other deep-sea fisheries, offshore kelp communities, GulfofCalifornia starfish populations, and seabird communities (31). These oceanic disturbances appear to be temporally associated both with the establishment ofdesert perennials and with the widespread mortality of western shrubs through atmospheric teleconnections (32).…”

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High-Resolution Climatic Analysis and Southwest Biogeography

Neilson

1986

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Meteorologists and climatologists have produced significant new data on the fluid dynamics of the atmosphere, thus allowing biologists to examine more closely the cause-effect relation between the large-scale structure of the atmosphere and the dominant patterns of global biogeography. The inability to characterize the high-frequency variability of the weather has constrained such efforts. A method that allows year-to-year patterns of weather variability to be characterized in the contexts of global warming and cooling trends is applied in a combined analysis of long-term monthly weather records and data from an ecological monitoring project in southern New Mexico. The analysis suggests a cause-effect hypothesis of recent desertification in the North American Southwest. The links between the atmosphere and the biosphere are based on the fundamentally different responses to specific weather regimes of semidesert grasses with a C(4) photosynthetic pathway and desert shrubs with a C(3) photosynthetic pathway. The hypothesis appears to be of sufficient generality to explain the complex, but well-documented, floristic changes that have occurred in the same region since the last glacial maximum.

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Section: Prehistoric and Global Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 97%

High-Resolution Climatic Analysis and Southwest Biogeography

Neilson

1986

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“…Tree rings are the archetypal example of such growth‐increment data, and have been successfully applied to reconstruct various aspects of marine productivity. Given close couplings between the ocean and atmosphere, Clark et al. (1975) used a network of western North American tree‐ring chronologies and catch records to generate a 300‐yr reconstruction of albacore tuna ( Thunnus alalunga ) productivity for a region north of San Francisco.…”

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Establishing climate–growth relationships for yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) in the northeast Pacific using a dendrochronological approach

Black

Boehlert

Yoklavich

2008

Fisheries Oceanography

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We applied dendrochronology (tree-ring) methods to develop multidecadal growth chronologies from the increment widths of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) otoliths. Chronologies were developed for the central California coast, a site just north of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and at Bowie Seamount west of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. At each site, synchronous growth patterns were matched among otoliths via the process of crossdating, ensuring that the correct calendar year was assigned to all increments. Each time series of growthincrement measurements was divided by the values predicted by a best-fit negative exponential function, thereby removing age-related trends. These detrended time series were averaged into a master chronology for each site, and chronologies were correlated with monthly averages of sea surface temperatures, upwelling, the Northern Oscillation Index, and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. The two northern growth chronologies positively correlated with indices of warm ocean conditions, especially from the prior summer through the spring of the current year. During the same period, the California chronology positively correlated with indices of cool ocean conditions, indicating an opposing productivity regime for yelloweye rockfish between the California Current and the Gulf of Alaska. Overall, this study demonstrates how tree-ring techniques can be applied to quickly develop annually resolved chronologies and establish climate-growth relationships across various temporal and spatial scales.

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“…In coastal systems in particular, short-term (days to weeks) and long-term (months to yews) variation in the distribution, abundance, and production dynamics of a variety of organisms from plankton to whales have been related to the impact of large-scale meteorological influences on the ocean environment (seals, whales, and sea birds, Sergeant 1982;phytoplankton community structure, &asker 1978;Cot6 and Platt 1983;zooplankton community structure, Frank and Eeggett 1982b;phytoplankton biomass andproduction, mlsh et al 1977, 1978;and fi3h production and biomass, Sutcliffe 1972;Hay~raand and Tyler 1980;Clark et al 1975).…”

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Meteorological and Hydrographic Regulation of Year-Class Strength in Capelin (Mallotus villosus)

Leggett¹,

Frank²,

Carscadden³

1984

Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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john's, Nfid. iZ 1 C 5x1 beggett, W. C., K. T. Frank, and 8 . E. Carscadden. 1984. Meteorological and hydrographic regulation of year-class strength in capelin (Mallotus villssus). Can. 8 . Fish. Aquat. Sci. 41 : 1193-1201.Year-class strength (YCS) in eastern Newfoundland stocks of capelin (Mallstus villosus), a beach spawning osmerid, duringthe interval 1966-78was strongly influenced by onshore wind frequency during the period immediately following hatching (WIND) and water temperatures experienced during the subsequent period of larval drift (TEMPSUM). The exact form of the relationship was In YCS = 16.10 -0.19WIND + O.I9TEMPSUM, R2 = 0.58. Wind conditions subsequent to hatching are known to influence both the timing of larval emergence from the beach spawning beds and the physical condition of larvae at emergence. Our analysis suggests that the influence of wind on early larval survival is also strong. The role of water temperatures during drift may be indirect, operating via its influence on food production. This could operate by altering mortality rates due to starvation or by altering growth rates which would influence swimming performance, predator avoidance, and time to metamorphosis. The strong influence of these abiotic variables, independent of parent stock size, adds further support to the hypothesis that abiotic factors operating at critical periods in larval development may be more important than spawning stock biomass as regulators of year-class size. Our findings also suggest that these critical periods must be identified and quantified at time scales relevant to individual larvae if reliable forecasting of year-class strength is to be achieved. On the other hand, the large spatial scale of the effects suggests that the space scale of individual larvae is of lesser importance in such analyses. L'importance des classes d'5ge (YCS) des stocks de capelan (Mallotus villosus) de I'est de Terse-Neuve, un osmeride frayant sur les plages, a beaucoup dependu, de 1970 a 1978, de la frequence des vents du large lsrs de [a periode suivant immediatement I'eclosion (WIND) ainsi quede la temperature de l'eau pendant la derive ulterieure des larves (TEMPSUM). La forme exacte de cette relation etait In YCS = 16,lO -Q,l9WIND + 0,19TEMPSUM, R~ = 0,58. On sait que les vents ulterieurs a I'eclosion influent sur l'etat des lawes et le moment de leur emergence des [its de frai des plages.Notre analyse indique que les vents ont aussi une forte influence SUP la survie des jeunes larves. Le rdle de la temperature de I'eau lors de la derive pourrait Gtse indirect, celle-ci agissant sur la production de nourriture. Cette action pourrait prendre Oaforme d'une augmentation des tauxde mortalite par inanition ou d'une modification du taux de croissance qui influerait sur la capacite de nage et d'evitement des predateurs ainsi que sur la periode de pae-metamorphose. La forte influence de ces variables abiotiques, independantes de la taille du stock parental, vient renforcer ['hypothese voulant que des facteurs abiotiques agissant...

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Influence of interannual climatic fluctuations on biological systems

Cited by 23 publications

References 2 publications

High-Resolution Climatic Analysis and Southwest Biogeography

High-Resolution Climatic Analysis and Southwest Biogeography

Establishing climate–growth relationships for yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) in the northeast Pacific using a dendrochronological approach

Meteorological and Hydrographic Regulation of Year-Class Strength in Capelin (Mallotus villosus)

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