The role of submesoscale currents in structuring marine ecosystems

M Lévy, PJS Franks, KS Smith - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
From microbes to large predators, there is increasing evidence that marine life is shaped by
short-lived submesoscales currents that are difficult to observe, model, and explain …

The impact of fine-scale currents on biogeochemical cycles in a changing ocean

M Lévy, D Couespel, C Haëck… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Fine-scale currents, O (1–100 km, days–months), are actively involved in the transport and
transformation of biogeochemical tracers in the ocean. However, their overall impact on …

Marine life at Lagrangian fronts

SV Prants - Progress in Oceanography, 2022 - Elsevier
Many ocean fronts are known to feature enhanced primary and secondary production and
elevated biodiversity. The confluence of water masses on strong fronts promotes …

Eddies affect subsurface phytoplankton and oxygen distributions in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

P Xiu, F Chai - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) is an oligotrophic environment where a
number of mesoscale eddies occur. With continuous measurements from Biogeochemical …

Marine environmental DNA: Approaches, applications, and opportunities

JA Eble, TS Daly-Engel, JD DiBattista, A Koziol… - Advances in marine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly being used to document species distributions
and habitat use in marine systems, with much of the recent effort focused on leveraging …

When mixed layers are not mixed. Storm‐driven mixing and bio‐optical vertical gradients in mixed layers of the Southern Ocean

MM Carranza, ST Gille, PJS Franks… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed layers are defined to have homogeneous density, temperature, and salinity. However,
bio‐optical profiles may not always be fully homogenized within the mixed layer. The relative …

Overview of (sub) mesoscale ocean dynamics for the NAAMES field program

A Della Penna, P Gaube - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) is an interdisciplinary
effort to characterize plankton ecosystem properties through the annual cycle and determine …

A satellite-based lagrangian view on phytoplankton dynamics

Y Lehahn, F d'Ovidio, I Koren - Annual review of marine science, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The well-lit upper layer of the open ocean is a dynamical environment that hosts
approximately half of global primary production. In the remote parts of this environment …

Indicators for ecological carrying capacity of bivalve and seaweed aquaculture

CJ Byron, SJI Koch, MD Callier, L Kluger… - Reviews in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Within the framework of Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture (EAA), ecological carrying
capacity (ECC) is a key concept that helps to determine the upper limit of production without …

A Lagrangian model for drifting ecosystems reveals heterogeneity-driven enhancement of marine plankton blooms

E Ser-Giacomi, R Martinez-Garcia, S Dutkiewicz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Marine plankton play a crucial role in carbon storage, global climate, and ecosystem
function. Planktonic ecosystems are embedded in patches of water that are continuously …