Continuous Plankton Records - Persistence In Time-Series Of Annual Means Of Abundance Of Zooplankton

Colebrook, JM 1981 Continuous Plankton Records - Persistence In Time-Series Of Annual Means Of Abundance Of Zooplankton. Marine Biology, 61 (02-Mar). 143 - 149. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386653

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Abstract/Summary

Time-series of annual means of abundance of zooplankton of the north-east Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, for the period 1948 to 1977, show considerable associations between successive years. The seasonal dynamics of the stocks appear to be consistent with at least a proportion of this being due to inherent persistence from year-to-year. Experiments with a simple model suggest that the observed properties of the time-series cannot be reproduced as a response to simple random forcing. The extent of trends and long wavelength variations can be simulated by introducing fairly extensive persistence into the perturbations, but this underestimates the extent of shorter wavelength variability in the observed time-series. The effect of persistence is to increase the proportion of trend and long wavelength variability in time-series of annual means, but stocks can respond to short wavelength perturbations provided these have a clearly defined frequency.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Divisions:	Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Other (PML)
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date made live:	11 Feb 2014 15:54
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2017 16:03
URI:	https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/2763

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