Some aspects of the Caribbean circulation

Kinder, Thomas H.; Heburn, George W.; Green, Albert W.

doi:10.1016/0025-3227(85)90004-0

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“…Extensive shallow coastal regions include a 1 to 3 km wide shelf along the south shore, Buck Island off the northeast shore, and Lang Bank, which extends 8 km eastward from St. Croix. The surface circulation in the Caribbean is predominantly westward, driven by the trade winds and thermohaline forcing (Kinder et al 1985, Morrison & Smith 1990. Frequent eddy formation, however, produces considerable variability in surface circulation (Kinder et al 1985).…”

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Consistent long-term spatial gradients in replenishment for an island population of a coral reef fish

Hamilton

White²,

Caselle³

et al. 2006

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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The population replenishment of marine organisms is routinely characterized as highly variable and unpredictable in space and time. Using island-wide recruitment surveys of a common coral reef fish, the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum, in 6 summers spanning a 12 yr period (1991 to 2003), we examined whether spatial patterns of recruitment are consistent or variable through time on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Despite annual fluctuations in the magnitude of replenishment, recruitment intensity follows a distinct and consistent spatial gradient that differs in direction between the north (leeward) and south (windward) shores; recruitment declines from west to east on the north shore and east to west on the south shore. The rank ordering of sites on each shore was concordant when recruitment was either pooled across years (monthly variation) or pooled across months (annual variation). When the 2 highest recruitment sites on each shore were considered alone, consistent seasonal effects were also apparent, with higher recruitment from June through August on the north shore, and higher recruitment in September on the south shore. Thus, while the magnitude of recruitment is indeed variable in space and time, its qualitative pattern is predictable in this area. Results of prior investigations of larval dispersal and coastal oceanography around St. Croix shed light on the origin of the consistent recruitment patterns documented in this study. The potential for consistent spatial and temporal patterns in recruitment is an important consideration in the spatial management of marine resources.

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“…The major oceanographic currents in this region of the Caribbean are driven by the easterly trade winds (Kinder et al 1985), and the south shore recruitment gradient may be explained by patch depletion or downstream filtering 252 Fig. 3.…”

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Consistent long-term spatial gradients in replenishment for an island population of a coral reef fish

Hamilton

White²,

Caselle³

et al. 2006

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…exhibits much temporal and spatial variability, such as synoptic mesoscale eddies [Kinder et al, 1985]. Mesoscale variability of the Caribbean has been related to "eddy waves" [dohns et al, 1990].…”

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Eddy development and motion in the Caribbean Sea

Andrade¹,

Barton²

2000

J. Geophys. Res.

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“…Studies using surface drifters in the Caribbean have also been conducted [Molinari et al, 1981], revealing an ocean environment that is rich with eddies superimposed onto a mean throughflow. A review of the state of understanding of the Caribbean circulation as of the 1980s is given by Kinder et al [1985].…”

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