Satellite evidence of hurricane‐induced phytoplankton blooms in an oceanic desert

S. M. Babin, J. A. Carton, T. D. Dickey, J. D. Wiggert

doi:10.1029/2003jc001938

Satellite evidence of hurricane‐induced phytoplankton blooms in an oceanic desert

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S. M. Babin

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel Maryland USA
J. A. Carton

Department of Meteorology University of Maryland College Park Maryland USA
T. D. Dickey

Ocean Physics Laboratory University of California, Santa Barbara Goleta California USA
J. D. Wiggert

Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography Old Dominion University Norfolk Virginia USA

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公開日: 2004-03

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor

DOI

10.1029/2003jc001938

公開者: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:p>The physical effects of hurricanes include deepening of the mixed layer and decreasing of the sea surface temperature in response to entrainment, curl‐induced upwelling, and increased upper ocean cooling. However, the biological effects of hurricanes remain relatively unexplored. In this paper, we examine the passages of 13 hurricanes through the Sargasso Sea region of the North Atlantic during the years 1998 through 2001. Remotely sensed ocean color shows increased concentrations of surface chlorophyll within the cool wakes of the hurricanes, apparently in response to the injection of nutrients and/or biogenic pigments into the oligotrophic surface waters. This increase in post‐storm surface chlorophyll concentration usually lasted 2–3 weeks before it returned to its nominal pre‐hurricane level.</jats:p>