SECTION 2 Ecosystem and fish population data archives

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

SECTION 2 Ecosystem and fish population data archives

NORTH ATLANTIC

Marc HufnaglInstitute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science

University of Hamburg

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Mesoscale Indices

Physical Parameters

Lower trophic levels StationsSurveysShips of opportunity

Upper trophic levels

Overview

Models

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

North Sea

North Atlantic / Main Focus North Sea

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Mesoscale Indices

North Atlantic Oscillation Index NAO

Altantic Multidecadal Oscillation AMO

Arctic Oscillation AO

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://www.climate-impacts.ch/_DGRefPubs/Wann_01_SG_321.pdfWanner et al. 2001, Surveys in Geophysics 22

Mesoscale indices: NAO/AMO

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://apps.webofknowledge.com Title or Topic includes North Atlantic Oscillation

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


http://www.climate-impacts.ch/_DGRefPubs/Wann_01_SG_321.pdfWanner et al. 2001, Surveys in Geophysics 22

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao.shtml

-3.0

-2.0

-1.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

1950

1954

1959

1964

1969

1974

1979

1984

1989

1994

1999

2004

2009

NA

O

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

1950

1954

1959

1964

1969

1974

1979

1984

1989

1994

1999

2004

2009

NA

O

-0.5

-0.3

-0.1

0.1

0.3

0.5

1950

1955

1960

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

NA

Odaily

monthly

annual

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19

21

23

25

27

29

31

1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

Tem

pera

ture

[°C]

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

Tem

pera

ture

ano

mal

ies

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/data/indices/

Hydrography: Temperature, Salinity etc.

North Atlantic (5-20°North, 60-30°West)

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

NAO

(ann

ual a

vera

ge)

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

Tem

pera

ture

ano

mal

ies

[°C]

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

NAO

(ann

ual a

vera

ge)

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

Tem

pera

ture

ano

mal

ies

[°C]

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

NAO

(ann

ual a

vera

ge)

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

Tem

pera

ture

ano

mal

ies

[°C]

2

r² = 0.4687-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2

00.20.40.60.8

11.2

-0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

• higher primary• larger ice free areas• increased current inflow from the southwest• larger influx of zooplankton• higher general biological warmer temperatures.

+

after Stige, et al., 2006in Overland et al. 2010, J. Mar. Sys. 305-315

COD RECRUITMENT


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


http://climexp.knmi.nl/data/iamo_ersst.dat

van Oldenborgh et al. 2009, Ocean Science

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://climexp.knmi.nl


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Multidecadal North Atlantic climate variability and its effect on North American salmon abundanceCondron et al. 2005, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 32

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Hydrography: Temperature, Salinity etc.

ICES-WGOOFE (Operational Oceanographic Products for Fisheries and the Environment) Compilation of: - oceanographic hindcast

- real time - forecast data

Direct link to the oceanographic products

http://www.wgoofe.org/

• Temperature• Salinity• Currents• Primary Production• Zooplankton

• Nutrients• Fish larvae• Bloom• Turbidity• CO2• Mesoscale Indices

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

website provides links to datasets and responsible peopleAccessability (not quality) is ranked

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://ocean.ices.dk/Project/OCNWES/Default.aspx

Ocean Climatology - ICES Oceanographic Data

Climatology data [Zip archive]PDF report [PDF file]High-resolution images [Zip archive]

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/ooc/ICES_WGOH/CRR304.pdf

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Lower trophic levels:Chlorophyll / Phytoplankton /Zooplankton

• Stations

• Surveys

• Ships of opportunity

• Models

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/nauplius/media/time-series/index-wgze.html

Lower trophic levels:STATIONS

http://wgze.net/

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

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North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


• Stations

• Surveys


• Models

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Lower trophic levels:SURVEYS

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton/

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Chose region, taxa or metadata

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


Bay of Biscay

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

spatial and temporal coverage


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Download of the rawdata

42.5

43

43.5

44

44.5

45

45.5

46

46.5

47

-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0


Copepod Biomass

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


• Stations

• Surveys


• Models

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://www.sahfos.ac.uk/

Lower trophic levels:Continous Plankton Recorder

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

D2 D1

C2 C1

B2 B1


North Sea areas…… data available on request

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

D2 D1

C2 C1

B2 B1


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Jan

2004

Apr Aug Dec Apr

2005

Aug Dec

Zo

op

lan

kto

n C

on

ce

ntr

ati

on

(No.

L-1

)

0

2

4

6

8

10

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

GLOBEC (Multinet)

CPR (total zoopl.)


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Beaugrand et al. 2003, Nature

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Lower trophic levels:Ferry Box

http://www.ferrybox.org/

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

-6 -4 -2 0

latit

ude

dateA M J J A S O N D

43°

45°

47°

49°

51°


North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012


• Stations

• Surveys


• Models

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

HAMSOM

Just a selection of North Sea Models I know off ….some of them available through WGOOFE

BSH dmod

DELFT3D

ECOSMO

BOB MUMM

NEMO

NORWECOM

ERSEMTRIM

ECOHAM

Models

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Pollution, Eutrophication andother factors

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://maps.helcom.fi/website/mapservice/index.html

Compiled data set

HELCOM – BALTIC SEA

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Compiled data set

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Compiled data set

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Upper trophic levels

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

http://www.ices.dk Upper trophic levels

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012 Loots et al. 2010, J Ocean. 3: 77-95

IBTS Sample distribution and density

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

0

20

40

60

80

100

12019

71

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

mea

n CP

UE

[n/3

0 m

in]

Age 6Age 5Age 4Age 3Age 2Age 1

North Sea Cod CPUE by age from 1st Quarter International Bottom Trawl Survey

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Reconstructed numbers from Multispecise Models

http://www.ices.dk/reports/SSGSUE/2011/WGSAM2011.pdf

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

0

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

350000019

63

1966

1969

1972

1975

1978

1981

1984

1987

1990

1993

1996

1999

2002

2005

2008N

ort

h S

ea C

od

to

tal

nu

mb

ers

Age 6Age 5Age 4Age 3Age 2Age 1

http://www.ices.dk/reports/SSGSUE/2011/WGSAM_SMS_summary.csv

Stochastic Multi Species model

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

Other useful ICES Working Group reports

WGSAMon Multispecies Assessment MethodsWGINOSE on Integrated Assessments of the North SeaWGIAB on Integrated Assessments of the Baltic SeaWGIPEM on Integrative, Physical-biological and

Ecosystem

Other reportsAn ecosystem model of the North Sea to support an ecosystem approach to fisheries management: description and parameterizationhttp://www.cefas.defra.gov.uk/publications/techrep/tech142.pdf

Digital Atlas of the North Seahttp://www.awi.de/en/research/research_divisions/geosciences/marine_geochemistry/marine_gis/digital_atlas_of_the_north_sea/

North AtlanticData

ECOFOR 2012

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SECTION 2 Ecosystem and fish population data archives