Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic Sea
Fluid flows in the ocean have a strong impact on the growth and distribution of planktonic communities. In this case study, we applied a Lagrangian eddy detection and tracking tool and a transfer operator approach to data from a coupled hydrodynamical-chemical-biological model of the Western Baltic...
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| author | Rahel Vortmeyer-Kley Rahel Vortmeyer-Kley Benedict Lünsmann Maximilian Berthold Ulf Gräwe Ulrike Feudel |
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| description | Fluid flows in the ocean have a strong impact on the growth and distribution of planktonic communities. In this case study, we applied a Lagrangian eddy detection and tracking tool and a transfer operator approach to data from a coupled hydrodynamical-chemical-biological model of the Western Baltic Sea and studied the effects of eddies on plankton in the blooming period March to October 2010. We investigated the residence times of water bodies inside these eddies, using a tracer analysis and found that eddies can act in two different ways: They can be transporters of an enclosed water body that embodies nutrients and the plankton community and export them from the coast to the open sea; and they can act as fluid dynamical niches that enhance the growth of certain species or functional groups by providing optimal temperature and nutrient composition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74e94e2dc25d4150a0c0cf4f96e1a7232022-12-21T18:48:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452019-03-01610.3389/fmars.2019.00118438672Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic SeaRahel Vortmeyer-Kley0Rahel Vortmeyer-Kley1Benedict Lünsmann2Maximilian Berthold3Ulf Gräwe4Ulrike Feudel5Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Department of Physical Oceanography and Instrumentation, Warnemünde, GermanyInstitute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Theoretical Physics/Complex Systems, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, GermanyMax Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nonlinear Time Series Analysis, Dresden, GermanyInstitute for Biological Sciences, Applied Ecology and Phycology, University of Rostock, Rostock, GermanyLeibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Department of Physical Oceanography and Instrumentation, Warnemünde, GermanyInstitute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Theoretical Physics/Complex Systems, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, GermanyFluid flows in the ocean have a strong impact on the growth and distribution of planktonic communities. In this case study, we applied a Lagrangian eddy detection and tracking tool and a transfer operator approach to data from a coupled hydrodynamical-chemical-biological model of the Western Baltic Sea and studied the effects of eddies on plankton in the blooming period March to October 2010. We investigated the residence times of water bodies inside these eddies, using a tracer analysis and found that eddies can act in two different ways: They can be transporters of an enclosed water body that embodies nutrients and the plankton community and export them from the coast to the open sea; and they can act as fluid dynamical niches that enhance the growth of certain species or functional groups by providing optimal temperature and nutrient composition.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00118/fulleddy-resolving biogeochemical modelingLagrangian eddy trackingtransfer operator approachWestern Baltic Seafluid dynamical nichealgal bloom |
| spellingShingle | Rahel Vortmeyer-Kley Rahel Vortmeyer-Kley Benedict Lünsmann Maximilian Berthold Ulf Gräwe Ulrike Feudel Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic Sea Frontiers in Marine Science eddy-resolving biogeochemical modeling Lagrangian eddy tracking transfer operator approach Western Baltic Sea fluid dynamical niche algal bloom |
| title | Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic Sea |
| title_full | Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic Sea |
| title_fullStr | Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic Sea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic Sea |
| title_short | Eddies: Fluid Dynamical Niches or Transporters?–A Case Study in the Western Baltic Sea |
| title_sort | eddies fluid dynamical niches or transporters a case study in the western baltic sea |
| topic | eddy-resolving biogeochemical modeling Lagrangian eddy tracking transfer operator approach Western Baltic Sea fluid dynamical niche algal bloom |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00118/full |
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