Climate change and interspecific interactions drive species alternations between anchovy and sardine in the western North Pacific: Detection of causality by convergent cross mapping

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  • Shin‐Ichiro Nakayama
    National Research Institute of Fisheries Science Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Yokohama Japan
  • Akinori Takasuka
    National Research Institute of Fisheries Science Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Yokohama Japan
  • Momoko Ichinokawa
    National Research Institute of Fisheries Science Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Yokohama Japan
  • Hiroshi Okamura
    National Research Institute of Fisheries Science Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency Yokohama Japan

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The abundance and recruitment of anchovy <jats:italic>Engraulis</jats:italic> spp. and sardine <jats:italic>Sardinops</jats:italic> spp. alternate in a synchronized way across the Pacific. Convergent cross mapping (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CCM</jats:styled-content>) indicated that climate change drives the alternation of the two species in the California Current System. However, climate indices patterns in the western North Pacific contrast with those in the eastern North Pacific, despite synchronous species alternations occurring. Therefore, it is of great interest to clarify whether climate change, or any other factors, affects the population dynamics of Japanese anchovy and Japanese sardine in the western North Pacific. Using <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CCM</jats:styled-content>, we tested whether climate change and interspecific interactions affect the population dynamics of these two species. We found that climate change affected recruitment, and we clarified the spatiotemporal pattern of this effect. This result supports the existing hypotheses that population dynamics are regulated by climate change in the western North Pacific. The present study also detected interspecific interactions between sardine and anchovy, which might promote the alternation of the two species, and has not been reported in other regions.</jats:p>

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