Interannual variability of physical oceanographic characteristics of Gilbert Bay: A marine protected area in Labrador, Canada

Autor:	Sara Best, Sarah Lundrigan, Entcho Demirov, J. S. Wroblewski
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	education.field_of_study biology Population Aquatic Science Oceanography biology.organism_classification Subarctic climate Water column North Atlantic oscillation Climatology Gadus Marine protected area Atlantic cod education Bay Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Geology
Zdroj:	Journal of Marine Systems. 88:128-138
ISSN:	0924-7963
Popis:	Gilbert Bay on the southeast coast of Labrador is the site of the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) established in the subarctic coastal zone of eastern Canada. The MPA was created to conserve a genetically distinctive population of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua . This article presents results from a study of the interannual variability in atmospheric and physical oceanographic characteristics of Gilbert Bay over the period 1949–2006. We describe seasonal and interannual variability of the atmospheric parameters at the sea surface in the bay. The interannual variability of the atmosphere in the Gilbert Bay region is related to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and a recent warming trend in the local climate of coastal Labrador. The related changes in seawater temperature, salinity and sea-ice thickness in winter are simulated with a one-dimensional water column model, the General Ocean Turbulence Model (GOTM). A warming Gilbert Bay ecosystem would be favorable for cod growth, but reduced sea-ice formation during the winter months increases the danger of traveling across the bay by snowmobile.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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