Hindcasting the 2017 dispersal of Sargassum algae in the Tropical North Atlantic

Since 2011, huge amounts of Sargassum algae are detected in the equatorial Atlantic, causing large strandings events on the coasts of the West Indies, Brazil and West Africa. The distribution of this stock shows strong annual and interannual variability, whose drivers are not settled yet. Here we us...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Marine pollution bulletin 2020-09, Vol.158, p.111431-111431, Article 111431
Hauptverfasser:	Berline, Léo, Ody, Anouck, Jouanno, Julien, Chevalier, Cristèle, André, Jean-Michel, Thibaut, Thierry, Ménard, Frédéric
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Advection AFAI Aggregation Algae Annual cycle Annual variations Atlantic Ocean Biodiversity and Ecology Brazil Convergence Convergence zones Current distribution Dispersal Distribution Earth Sciences Environmental Sciences Forecast Hindcasting Lagrangian transport Meridional distribution MODIS Monthly distribution Ocean currents Oceanography Sargassum Satellite observation Satellites Sciences of the Universe Transport Tropical climate War West Indies Wind Wind effects
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