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Latitudinal Displacements of the Gulf Stream and the Abundance of Plankton in the North-East Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. H. Taylor ,
J. M. Colebrook ,
J. A. Stephens  and
N. G. Baker
A. H. Taylor
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
J. M. Colebrook
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
J. A. Stephens
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
N. G. Baker
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
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Extract

An earlier time-series of the annual mean latitude of the north wall of the Gulf Stream is updated to give a series of values from 1966 to 1990. The trend is similar to those seen in plankton from the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey around the British Isles. This connection may reflect the displacement of storm tracks across the North Atlantic.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 72 , Issue 4 , November 1992 , pp. 919 - 921
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1992

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