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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions src/data/papers-citing-parcels.ts
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abstract:
'Plankton, plastics, nutrients, and other materials in the ocean can exhibit different dispersion patterns depending on their individual transport properties. These dispersion patterns can provide information on the effective timescales of interaction between different types of materials in a highly dynamic ocean environment, such as the Benguela system in the southeast Atlantic Ocean. In this study, we compare the timescales and spatial distribution of separation for zooplankton performing Diel Vertical Migration (DVM) while drifting with currents to those of other materials: (a) positively buoyant plastics or planktonic organisms passively floating near the ocean surface; (b) nutrients or pollutants passively advecting in the three-dimensional flow; and (c) sinking biogenic particulate matter. We apply the drift properties of each material type in Lagrangian flow modeling to simulate the movement of virtual particles across the Benguela system. Our results indicate faster separation between zooplankton performing DVM and the other particle types during the upwelling season in the austral spring and summer. We also observe a decrease in the separation timescales between zooplankton performing DVM and other particle types as the zooplankton migration depth increases. Despite the differences in separation timescales across seasons, different particle types can become trapped in coherent features such as eddies, fronts, and filaments, indicating prolonged exposure of zooplankton to prey and pollutants in these coherent ocean features.',
},
{
title:
'Presence of two eddies in close proximity drives large spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the euphotic zone',
published_info: 'Progress in Oceanography, in press',
authors:
'Ramondenc, S, RS Lampitt, MF Norrbin, A Belcher, W-J von Appen, MH Iversen (2025)',
doi: 'https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103476',
abstract:
'Oceanic mesoscale structures, such as eddies, play a fundamental role in ocean circulation, ocean biogeochemical cycles and plankton ecology. They cause lateral and vertical advection, as well as interact with vertical mixing, which is predicted to promote episodic fluxes of macronutrients to the surface ocean. However, the interactions between mesoscale eddies can generate submesoscale fronts and filaments occurring over short temporal and spatial scales and thus their impact on ocean biogeochemistry has been difficult to characterize. During an expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) site in the Northeast Atlantic in June 2013, we studied the interface between a cyclonic and an anticyclonic eddy, measuring nutrient and chlorophyll-a concentrations, zooplankton abundance and community structure, and marine snow aggregate abundance and sinking velocities. We observed that eddy rotation and a storm event induced, respectively, lateral stirring and vertical mixing of the two distinct water masses, driving spatial and temporal biogeochemical heterogeneity at the PAP site. Furthermore, we observe that diel and vertical variations in aggregate type and abundance were closely linked to the vertical distribution and abundance of zooplankton, suggesting that zooplankton were the main gatekeepers of carbon flux. Our findings suggest that the interactions between mesoscale structures could significantly modify organic carbon export, as well as provide sustenance for higher trophic levels, processes that have implications for fisheries and global climate.',
},
]