U.S. GLOBEC: North Atlantic Intercomparisons of Interannual Patterns in Zooplankton Species in Relation to Climatic Changes

该项目是美国GLOBEC西北大西洋油田研究第二阶段项目的一部分。该项目的重点是比较与气候变化有关的浮游动物和浮游植物种类的年际格局。该项目的具体目标是：1)研究美国东北陆架（包括缅因湾和乔治海岸）优势的泛大西洋桡足类物种（Calanus finmarchicus、pseudoalanus spp.、Centropages typicus、Centropages hamatus、Metridia lucens、Acartia clausi和Temora longicornis）丰度的年代际变化；2)比较大西洋西部和东部（不列颠群岛周围地区，包括北海）浮游动物的变化；3)将跨大西洋比较的信息与气候变量的年代际变化联系起来。＊＊＊

9632841 CONVERSI This project is part of the U.S. GLOBEC Nortwest Atlantic Field Studies, Phase 2 program. The project focuses on intercomparisons of interannual patterns in zooplankton and phytoplankton species, in relation to climatic changes. The specific objectives of this project are: 1) to study the decadal changes in the abundance of the dominant, pan-Atlantic copepod species (Calanus finmarchicus, Pseudocalanus spp., Centropages typicus, Centropages hamatus, Metridia lucens, Acartia clausi and Temora longicornis) in the northeastern U.S. shelf (including Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank); 2) to compare zooplankton variability in the western and eastern Atlantic (area around the British Isles, including the North Sea); and 3) to relate the information from across-Atlantic comparisons to decadal changes in climate variables. ***