CAFÉ Workshop Update
– Day 1: Arctic Climate Influences on NW Atlantic
• Early & late 1990s FW anomalies
• Good evidence early anomaly came from Arctic, likely through
Canadian Archipelago
• Late anomaly is better described in GoM/MAB, but origins are less
clear
• Contrasted GoM plankton changes with Canadian Shelf
– Similar, but more winter-spring than fall-winter
– Day 2: Top-down vs. Bottom-up drivers
• Some interesting top-down linkages, but trophic cascade not
supported by data
• Cod in Newfoundland are food limited