Sea surface temperatures and coral reef bleaching off La Parguera, Puerto Rico (northeastern Caribbean Sea)

Coral Reefs ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Winter ◽  
R. S. Appeldoorn ◽  
A. Bruckner ◽  
E. H. Williams Jr. ◽  
C. Goenaga
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
La Parguera

Ciguatera fish poisoning and sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies

Toxicon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 698-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Tester ◽  
Rebecca L. Feldman ◽  
Amy W. Nau ◽  
Steven R. Kibler ◽  
R. Wayne Litaker
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
The West ◽  
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Fish Poisoning ◽  
The Caribbean

scholarly journals Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Sea Surface Temperatures and Sea Level Rise—The Arabian Gulf

Climate ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed E. Hereher
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Coastal Protection ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Surface Temperatures

The Arabian Gulf is one of the regions in the world experiencing major changes due to increased economic growth rates and development practices. As a shallow water body within a hot desert, the Gulf is exposed to obvious warming in the sea surface temperatures (SST). Remotely sensed SST data were utilized to estimate decadal change in SST with a focus on coral reef locations. There is a positive trend in monthly time series SSTs, with a maximum value of about 0.7 °C/decade for the western side of the Gulf. This high trend of SST is associated with significant coral reef bleaching and it coincides with major climate/ocean interactions. Most of the Arabian countries along the Gulf have coastal developments at low-land areas of high vulnerability to sea level rise. Digital elevation models showed that there are more than 3100 km2 of coastal areas that occur at 1 m level along the Arabian countries of the Gulf. Coastal protection and conservation measures are crucial to protect low-lying coasts of urban use.

scholarly journals Western Caribbean sea surface temperatures during the late Quaternary

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Schmidt ◽  
Maryline J. Vautravers ◽  
Howard J. Spero
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Western Caribbean

Caribbean sea surface temperatures: Two-to-three degrees cooler than present during the Little Ice Age

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (20) ◽  
pp. 3365-3368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amos Winter ◽  
Hiroshi Ishioroshi ◽  
Tsuyoshi Watanabe ◽  
Tadamichi Oba ◽  
John Christy
Keyword(s):  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Surface Temperatures

scholarly journals Advances in Egyptian Mediterranean Coast Climate Change Monitoring

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 1870
Author(s):  
Matteo Gentilucci ◽  
Abdelraouf A. Moustafa ◽  
Fagr Kh. Abdel-Gawad ◽  
Samira R. Mansour ◽  
Maria Rosaria Coppola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Homogeneity Test ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Climate Trends ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Lessepsian Species

This paper characterizes non-indigenous fish species (NIS) and analyses both atmospheric and sea surface temperatures for the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1991 to 2020, in relation to previous reports in the same areas. Taxonomical characterization depicts 47 NIS from the Suez Canal (Lessepsian/alien) and 5 from the Atlantic provenance. GenBank accession number of the NIS mitochondrial gene, cytochrome oxidase 1, reproductive and commercial biodata, and a schematic Inkscape drawing for the most harmful Lessepsian species were reported. For sea surface temperatures (SST), an increase of 1.2 °C to 1.6 °C was observed using GIS software. The lack of linear correlation between annual air temperature and annual SST at the same detection points (Pearson r) could suggest a difference in submarine currents, whereas the Pettitt homogeneity test highlights a temperature breakpoint in 2005–2006 that may have favoured the settlement of non-indigenous fauna in the coastal sites of Damiette, El Arish, El Hammam, Alexandria, El Alamain, and Mersa Matruh, while there seems to be a breakpoint present in 2001 for El Sallum. This assessment of climate trends is in good agreement with the previous sightings of non-native fish species. New insights into the assessment of Egyptian coastal climate change are discussed.

scholarly journals Absolute seasonal temperature estimates from clumped isotopes in bivalve shells suggest warm and variable greenhouse climate

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels J. de Winter ◽  
Inigo A. Müller ◽  
Ilja J. Kocken ◽  
Nicolas Thibault ◽  
Clemens V. Ullmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Mean Annual Temperature ◽  
Seasonal Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Temperature Reconstructions ◽  
Bivalve Shells

AbstractSeasonal variability in sea surface temperatures plays a fundamental role in climate dynamics and species distribution. Seasonal bias can also severely compromise the accuracy of mean annual temperature reconstructions. It is therefore essential to better understand seasonal variability in climates of the past. Many reconstructions of climate in deep time neglect this issue and rely on controversial assumptions, such as estimates of sea water oxygen isotope composition. Here we present absolute seasonal temperature reconstructions based on clumped isotope measurements in bivalve shells which, critically, do not rely on these assumptions. We reconstruct highly precise monthly sea surface temperatures at around 50 °N latitude from individual oyster and rudist shells of the Campanian greenhouse period about 78 million years ago, when the seasonal range at 50 °N comprised 15 to 27 °C. In agreement with fully coupled climate model simulations, we find that greenhouse climates outside the tropics were warmer and more seasonal than previously thought. We conclude that seasonal bias and assumptions about seawater composition can distort temperature reconstructions and our understanding of past greenhouse climates.

scholarly journals A spatiotemporal reconstruction of sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic during Dansgaard–Oeschger events 5–8

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari F. Jensen ◽  
Aleksi Nummelin ◽  
Søren B. Nielsen ◽  
Henrik Sadatzki ◽  
Evangeline Sessford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Reconstruction Method ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Proxy Data ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Temperature Reconstructions

Abstract. Here, we establish a spatiotemporal evolution of the sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic over Dansgaard–Oeschger (DO) events 5–8 (approximately 30–40 kyr) using the proxy surrogate reconstruction method. Proxy data suggest a large variability in North Atlantic sea-surface temperatures during the DO events of the last glacial period. However, proxy data availability is limited and cannot provide a full spatial picture of the oceanic changes. Therefore, we combine fully coupled, general circulation model simulations with planktic foraminifera based sea-surface temperature reconstructions to obtain a broader spatial picture of the ocean state during DO events 5–8. The resulting spatial sea-surface temperature patterns agree over a number of different general circulation models and simulations. We find that sea-surface temperature variability over the DO events is characterized by colder conditions in the subpolar North Atlantic during stadials than during interstadials, and the variability is linked to changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation and in the sea-ice cover. Forced simulations are needed to capture the strength of the temperature variability and to reconstruct the variability in other climatic records not directly linked to the sea-surface temperature reconstructions. This is the first time the proxy surrogate reconstruction method has been applied to oceanic variability during MIS3. Our results remain robust, even when age uncertainties of proxy data, the number of available temperature reconstructions, and different climate models are considered. However, we also highlight shortcomings of the methodology that should be addressed in future implementations.

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