Factors favouring phytoplankton blooms in the northern Adriatic: towards the  northern Adriatic empirical ecological model

Kraus, R.; Supić, N.; Precali, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-19-2016

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15 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2016

Factors favouring phytoplankton blooms in the northern Adriatic: towards the northern Adriatic empirical ecological model

R. Kraus, N. Supić, and R. Precali

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RC C493: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Aug 2015
- AC C783: 'Authors response to Anonymous referee #1 review', Romina Kraus, 28 Sep 2015
RC C582: '1. Paper addres relevant all scientific questions', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Aug 2015
- AC C784: 'Authors response to Anonymous referee #2 review', Romina Kraus, 28 Sep 2015
RC C661: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Sep 2015
- AC C785: 'Authors response to Anonymous referee #3 review', Romina Kraus, 28 Sep 2015

Short summary

Seasonal and interannual production changes in the northern Adriatic (NA) reflect on the total Adriatic bioproduction of certain species (i.e. anchovy). Long-term (1990-2004) phyto-abundance and geostrophic current analysis relieve the basic mechanism of NA biomass production changes. The results present a first step in building an empirical ecological model of the region, aiming to predict the amount of organic production in NA, which is to be used in the environmental management of the region.