Showing papers in "Journal of Marine Systems in 2011"

TL;DR: In this article, three coupled physical-biogeochemical models, the BAltic sea Long-Term large-scale Eutrophication Model (BALTSEM), the Ecological Regional Ocean Model (ERGOM), and the Swedish Coastal and Ocean Biogeochemical model coupled to the Rossby Centre Ocean circulation model (RCO-SCOBI), are used to calculate changing nutrient and oxygen dynamics in the Baltic Sea.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the interannual variability and interdecadal trends in streamflow input to Hudson Bay (including James Bay) over 1964-2008 and found that the monotonic trend assessed with a Kendall-Theil Robust Line shows no detectable (|signalto-noise ratio|

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a high-resolution tracer-transport model SLIM for the Scheldt Estuary to compute the exposure times and residence times of 13 boxes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Mann-Kendall test was used for detecting monotonic trends over the whole investigation period or, if trend breaks occurred, over the period before and after the trend breaks.

TL;DR: In this paper, principal component analysis (PCA) was performed on zooplankton, and another PCA on local environment, from 1974 to 2003 at Point B (northwestern Mediterranean), were obtained with the ZooScan.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the history of hypoxia in the Changjiang Delta-Front Estuary (LDE) using 210 Pb-drone cores collected onboard R/V Dong Fang Hong 2 using a stainless steel box-corer.

TL;DR: In this paper, the composition and concentration of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) were determined in Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait by excitation emission matrix spectroscopy (EEM) and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC).

TL;DR: High correlations were observed during periods of water column stratification, particularly in summer, when production is especially low, suggesting that in this period macroplankton–micronekton community rely on sources other than surface primary production such as POM derived from river discharge.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified characteristics of interannual-to-interdecadal variability of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass and examined mechanisms to generate variability using the Korea Oceanographic Data Center dataset.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the sediment resuspension induced by ships' wakes and sediment resumption induced by the passage of commercial vessels in Venice Lagoon, Italy during July, 2009.

TL;DR: In this article, a high-resolution 3D coastal ocean model has been applied to the forecast of the oceanic circulation off Marseille (from the Rhone River to the Cap Sicie).

TL;DR: The influence of environmental factors on size fractionated phytoplankton production and biomass (chlorophyll a) and community composition was examined in the Hudson Bay system (Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, and Foxe Basin; HBS) during August 2004 and September 2005 and 2006 as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a first attempt to quantify the biogeochemical transformations and fluxes of carbon and nutrients along the entire mixing zone of the shallow, tidally-dominated estuary-coastal zone continuum of the Scheldt (Belgium/The Netherlands).

TL;DR: In this article, a fully coupled high-resolution 3D biogeochemical-physical ocean model including an empirical wave model was used to investigate the long-term average (1970-2007) distributions and transports of resuspended matter and other types of suspended organic matter in the Baltic Sea.

TL;DR: In this paper, the Tisler cold-water coral reef was investigated and the authors found that the combination of fresh, downwelling POM with mucus released from the reef was the cause of the greater lability of the downstream POM.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the research behind the initiative started in Spanish harbours to control water quality degradation due to accidental pollution, which is based on a recent published risk assessment, which takes into account not only the different activities in the harbour and their inherent risk of accident but also the physical behaviour of harbour waters.

TL;DR: A coupled physical and sediment transport model was used to study the mass flux budgets of water and suspended sediments in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) as discussed by the authors, and the results indicated that the river network and the PRE both have pronounced temporal and spatial variability in water and sediment fluxes, in hydrodynamic features and in sediment depositional patterns.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed sea-surface weekly average temperatures derived from NOAA-AVHRR remote sensing data for Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait, and compared to weekly ice cover data obtained from the Canadian Ice Service for the period 1971-2009 as well as to monthly average air temperature at four stations around Hudson Bay, and to four around Hudson Strait.

TL;DR: The results of this study document the sensitivity of benthic foraminiferal assemblages, and particularly A. lobifera populations, to sewage pollution in the Aegean Sea.

TL;DR: In this paper, surface seawater samples were taken in the framework of the GEOTRACES program on “POLARSTERN” expedition ANT XXIII/1 in the Eastern Atlantic in 2005 to study the distribution of the trace elements Hg (mercury), Pb (lead), Cd (cadmium), Cu (copper), Ni (nickel), Zn (zinc), Co (cobalt), Mn (manganese), Fe (iron), and Al (aluminium).

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of global change on marine food webs and ocean biogeochemistry are discussed, and the role of feeding behavior in food web dynamics and trophic controls is discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) with a resolution of 3 km for a domain covering the whole Ligurian Sea, with an embedded child grid covering the northwestern part of Liguran Sea at resolution 1 km.

TL;DR: In this article, a series of Monte Carlo experiments were conducted to explore simultaneously the sensitivity of the BEST marine ecosystem model to environmental forcing, initial conditions, and biological parameterizations, and the results showed that the true sensitivity of biological and environmental parameters becomes apparent only when each parameter is allowed to vary within its realistic range.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show recent trends in sea ice concentration and sea ice extent in Hudson Bay (HB) using Canadian Ice Service (CIS) data and passive microwave (PMW) data for the spring period, week of year (WOY) 24-30.

TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of wind and wave data collected in the coastal region of Goa, west coast of India, during fair weather season reveals a distinct and systematic diurnal variation in wind speed, wave height, and wave period, especially simultaneous increase in wave height and decrease in wave period with increase in local wind speeds due to sea breeze system.

TL;DR: In this paper, a bottom-up transform from the top-down ECOPATH model to a simple microbial web with physical forcing was derived and used for scenario construction, which can be applied to shelf ecosystems with a wide range of physical forcing, coupled benthic/pelagic food webs, and nutrient recycling.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of coupling the 3rd generation spectral WAve Model (WAM), modified for shallow water, to the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Coastal Ocean Modelling System (POLCOMS), a tide-surge model, through 2-way interactions is investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed connections between larval supply to the Canary Islands (CI) and sardine and anchovy populations that spawn over the continental shelf for both species, i.e., at the shelf and near the island of Gran Canaria (GC).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the freshwater balance of Hudson and James bays, two shallow and fresh seas that annually receive 12% of the pan-Arctic river runoff.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates the usefulness of using pigment analysis to study spatial distribution of phytoplankton groups in relation to a complex physical environment.