Climate forcing of C. finmarchicus populations of the North Atlantic
The three-gyre hypothesis
Climatological
C. finmarchicus distributions
GLOBEC study sites in the North Atlantic
Genetic basis for the three-gyre hypothesis
Life cycle of Calanus finmarchicus
C. finmarchicus climatology:
Globec Broadscale surveys 1995-1999
C. finmarchicus model
C. finmarchicus solution: January- June
Inferred
Mortality
Are the inverse solutions ecologically realistic?
January-June average mortality rate
Term-by-term analysis
A numerical experiment: turn off the upstream sources of C. finmarchicus to GB
Spatially averaged mortality rate
Biological control of the vernal population increase of C. finmarchicus on Georges Bank
Climatological
C. finmarchicus distributions
Overall Objectives
Interannual to interdecadal variability
Initial Objectives – Year 1
C. finmarchicus abundance, 1958-2007
Compiled by Gregory Beaugrand
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