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Changes in the probability of larvae crossing the North Atlantic during the 20th century

Laura Rodríguez-Díaz A C , Inés Álvarez A B , Moncho Gómez-Gesteira A and Fran Santos A
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A EPhysLab, Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo (Campus de Ourense), As Lagoas, E-32004 Ourense, Spain.

B CESAM, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Aveiro, PT-3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.

C Corresponding author. Email: larodriguez@uvigo.es

Marine and Freshwater Research 70(8) 1150-1168 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18046
Submitted: 1 February 2018  Accepted: 18 January 2019   Published: 25 March 2019

Abstract

Lagrangian trajectories of passive particles were simulated using velocity fields provided by the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation model to determine changes in their probability of crossing the North Atlantic Ocean during the period 1899–2010. Particles were released in the Straits of Florida, where the Gulf Stream is the main driving force. The results showed that eddy kinetic energy increased along the Gulf Stream path, which enhanced connectivity across the Atlantic. The time for water parcels (passive tracers) to cross the North Atlantic Ocean has shortened in the past century, with a minimum crossing period of 6–7 months and a decreasing trend ranging from –0.15 to –0.40 months per decade.

Additional keywords: Gulf Stream, Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model, HYCOM, Lagrangian trajectories, particle dispersal, planktonic larval duration, PLD, Simple Ocean Data Assimilation, SODA.


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