PMID- 22253893
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120529
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 1
DP  - 2012
TI  - Ecoregional analysis of nearshore sea-surface temperature in the North Pacific.
PG  - e30105
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0030105 [doi]
LID - e30105
AB  - The quantification and description of sea surface temperature (SST) is critically 
      important because it can influence the distribution, migration, and invasion of 
      marine species; furthermore, SSTs are expected to be affected by climate change. 
      To better understand present temperature regimes, we assembled a 29-year 
      nearshore time series of mean monthly SSTs along the North Pacific coastline 
      using remotely-sensed satellite data collected with the Advanced Very High 
      Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument. We then used the dataset to describe 
      nearshore (<20 km offshore) SST patterns of 16 North Pacific ecoregions 
      delineated by the Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) hierarchical schema. 
      Annual mean temperature varied from 3.8 degrees C along the Kamchatka ecoregion to 24.8 degrees C 
      in the Cortezian ecoregion. There are smaller annual ranges and less variability 
      in SST in the Northeast Pacific relative to the Northwest Pacific. Within the 16 
      ecoregions, 31-94% of the variance in SST is explained by the annual cycle, with 
      the annual cycle explaining the least variation in the Northern California 
      ecoregion and the most variation in the Yellow Sea ecoregion. Clustering on mean 
      monthly SSTs of each ecoregion showed a clear break between the ecoregions within 
      the Warm and Cold Temperate provinces of the MEOW schema, though several of the 
      ecoregions contained within the provinces did not show a significant difference 
      in mean seasonal temperature patterns. Comparison of these temperature patterns 
      shared some similarities and differences with previous biogeographic 
      classifications and the Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs). Finally, we provide a web 
      link to the processed data for use by other researchers.
FAU - Payne, Meredith C
AU  - Payne MC
AD  - Western Fisheries Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Newport, 
      Oregon, United States of America. mpayne@usgs.gov
FAU - Brown, Cheryl A
AU  - Brown CA
FAU - Reusser, Deborah A
AU  - Reusser DA
FAU - Lee, Henry 2nd
AU  - Lee H 2nd
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20120111
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
SB  - IM
MH  - Cluster Analysis
MH  - *Ecosystem
MH  - Geography
MH  - Pacific Ocean
MH  - *Seawater
MH  - Surface Properties
MH  - *Temperature
MH  - Time Factors
PMC - PMC3256220
COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2012/01/19 06:00
MHDA- 2012/05/30 06:00
PMCR- 2012/01/11
CRDT- 2012/01/19 06:00
PHST- 2011/08/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/12/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/01/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/05/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/01/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-11-14958 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0030105 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e30105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030105. Epub 2012 Jan 11.