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Flow Structures With High Lagrangian Coherence Rate Promote Diatom Blooms in Oligotrophic Waters

Ismael Hernández-Carrasco
Vincent Rossi
Gabriel Navarro
Antonio Turiel
Annalisa Bracco
Alejandro Orfila

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Abstract Diatoms are among the most efficient autotrophic organisms for oceanic primary production and carbon sequestration. Yet, the spatial distributions of these planktonic organisms remain puzzling and the underlying physical processes poorly known, especially in oligotrophic open waters. Here we investigate what dynamical conditions are conducive to episodic diatom blooms in oceanic deserts based on Lagrangian diagnosis and satellite‐derived phytoplankton functional types and currents. The coherence of the flow is diagnosed in space and time simultaneously through the Lagrangian coherence rate (LCR) to identify which dynamical structures favor diatom growth. Observations evidence that flow structures with high LCR (40 days or longer) in areas with elevated eddy kinetic energy and vorticity sustain high diatom concentrations in the sunlit layers. Our findings show that the integration of Eulerian kinematic variables into a Lagrangian frame reveals new dynamical aspects of geophysical turbulence and unveil their biological impacts.
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hal-04311178 , version 1 (01-12-2023)

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Ismael Hernández-Carrasco, Vincent Rossi, Gabriel Navarro, Antonio Turiel, Annalisa Bracco, et al.. Flow Structures With High Lagrangian Coherence Rate Promote Diatom Blooms in Oligotrophic Waters. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50 (15), ⟨10.1029/2023GL103688⟩. ⟨hal-04311178⟩
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