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Visualizing Oceanographic Data to Depict Long-term Changes in Phytoplankton
Published on: July 28, 2023
[Phytoplankton ecology along the French coasts: inter-site comparison]
Isabelle Gailhard1, Jean-Pierre Durbec, Benoît Beliaeff
1COM, faculté des sciences de Luminy, case 901, 13288 Marseille, France. igailhar@ifremer.fr
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to characterize the large-scale geographical structures of microphytoplankton communities along French coasts. Once the temporal variability component shared by all sampled coastal sites was identified, and seasonal succession of microphytoplankton communities was described. A between-site analysis, using multiable comparison methods (STATIS), allowed the identification of three large areas according to the temporal variability patterns of microphytoplankton populations. The results indicate that the hydrodynamic characteristics of the different areas play a major role in the geographical structure of microalgal populations in mainland French coastal waters.
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