3 Questions:
Is influence of the low salinity through:
physics
(i.e., stratification/mixing)?nutrients?resident
plankton populations?some
combination of these?Where is the influence of the low salinity
occurring:
in
the Gulf of Maine and result transported to GB?on
Georges Bank itself?both
in the GoM and GB?What is the origin of the low salinity
event?
Is
it related to changes in the Arctic?Was
it progressive & episodic through the 90Ős (connection to the
Arctic gives us a seat at
the Climate Change table)