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Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-345-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-345-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Research article
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02 Feb 2026
Research article |  | 02 Feb 2026

Impact of waves on phytoplankton activity on the Northwest European Shelf: insights from observations and km-scale coupled models

Dale Partridge, Ségolène Berthou, Rebecca Millington, James R. Clark, Lucy Bricheno, Juan Manuel Castillo, Julia Rulent, and Huw Lewis

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Phytoplankton blooms are governed by the availability of light and nutrients, both of which are affected by mixing in the upper layers of the ocean, which is impacted by wave activity on the surface. Most numerical ocean models estimate waves through a parameterisation, here we explicitly resolve waves through a coupled wave model to examine the impact on the strength and timing of phytoplankton blooms, particular during storms when wave activity is elevated.
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