Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-849-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-849-2021
Research article
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01 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2021

Coastal submesoscale processes and their effect on phytoplankton distribution in the southeastern Bay of Biscay

Xabier Davila, Anna Rubio, Luis Felipe Artigas, Ingrid Puillat, Ivan Manso-Narvarte, Pascal Lazure, and Ainhoa Caballero

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The ocean is a turbulent system, full of meandering currents and fronts of various scales. These processes can influence the distribution of microscopic algae or phytoplankton by upwelling deep, nutrient-rich waters to the sunlit surface or by actively gathering and accumulating them. Our results suggest that, at the surface, salinity is the main conditioning factor for phytoplankton distribution. However, at the subsurface, oceanic currents influence phytoplankton distribution the most.