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The influence of Pacific Equatorial Water on fish diversity in the southern California Current System
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2016
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(8), 6121-6136
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
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Description:The California Undercurrent transports Pacific Equatorial Water (PEW) into the Southern California Bight from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. PEW is characterized by higher temperatures and salinities, with lower pH, representing a source of potentially corrosive (aragonite, X<1) water to the region. We use ichthyoplankton assemblages near the cores of the California Current and the CaliforniaUndercurrent to determine whether PEW influenced fish diversity. We use hydrographic data to characterize the interannual and seasonal variability of estimated pH and aragonite saturation with depth. Although there is substantial variability in PEW presence as measured by spice on the 26.25–26.75 isopycnal layer, aswell as in pH and aragonite saturation, we found fish diversity to be stable over the decades 1985–1996 and 1999–2011. We detected significant difference in species structure during the 1998 La Ni ~na period, due to
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(8), 6121-6136
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ISSN:2169-9275
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