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Physical versus biological spring transition: 2005 Public Deposited

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  • In 2005, the onset of spring conditions in the physics of the coastal ocean (lowered sea level, spin-up of vertically-sheared equatorward coastal jet) came about 50 days later than average off Newport Oregon, on May 24. There was a further delay of 50 days before the subsurface upwelled water penetrated into the anomalously stratified surface layer, becoming most available for biological activity. The warm anomaly in sea surface temperature which provided the surface cap was observed at mid-shelf locations from Washington to central California, but it ended sooner south of Oregon. Biological impacts of these delays to several trophic levels have been reported.
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  • Kosro, P. M., Peterson, W. T., Hickey, B. M., Shearman, R. K., & Pierce, S. D. (2006). Physical versus biological spring transition: 2005. Geophysical Research Letters, 33. doi:10.1029/2006GL027072
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  • National Science Foundation grants 0000733, 237710 PMK; 0527168 RKS; 0239089 BMH. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NA03NES4400001 PMK; NA97FE0193, NA67RJ0151 WTP; AB133F05SE4205 SDP).
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