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Fall 2008 Update: Annual Condition of the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem
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2008
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Alternative Title:Fall 2008 Update Current Conditions of the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem;Fall 2008 Update: Summary of Conditions of the Northeast Shelf Ecosystem;
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Description:Sea surface temperature (SST) in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during the first half of 2008 continued a warming trend in winter and spring temperatures conditions that began five years age. However, these warmer thermal conditions are still lower than levels observed over the past two decades. Problems with the SeaWiFS ocean color sensing satellite make the 2008 chlorophyll data used in this report provisional. Despite the provisional nature of the data, it is clear that there was an exceptional spring phytoplankton bloom in the Massachusetts Bay/Nantucket Shoals area. Zooplankton biomasses began the year at average or above average levels, but spring zooplankton biomass levels were lower than average in the Gulf of Maine and on Georges Bank.
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