@article {6663, title = {Multi-trace-element sea surface temperature coral reconstruction for the southern Mozambique Channel reveals teleconnections with the tropical Atlantic}, journal = {Biogeosciences}, volume = {16}, year = {2019}, pages = {695-712}, abstract = {Here we report seasonally resolved sea surface temperatures for the southern Mozambique Channel in the SW Indian Ocean based on multi-trace-element temperature proxy records preserved in two Porites sp. coral cores. Particularly, we assess the suitability of both separate and combined Sr/Ca and Li/Mg proxies for improved multi-element SST reconstructions. Overall, geochemical records from Europa Island Porites sp. highlight the potential of Sr/Ca and Li/Mg ratios as high-resolution climate proxies but also show significant differences in their response at this Indian Ocean subtropical reef site. Our reconstruction from 1970 to 2013 using the Sr/Ca SST proxy reveals a warming trend of 0.58 {\textpm} 0.1 {\textbullet} C in close agreement with instrumental data (0.47 {\textpm} 0.07 {\textbullet} C) over the last 42 years (1970-2013). In contrast, the Li/Mg showed unrealistically large warming trends, most probably caused by uncertainties around different uptake mechanisms of the trace elements Li and Mg and uncertainties in their temperature calibration. In our study, Sr/Ca is superior to Li/Mg to quantify absolute SST and relative changes in SST. However, spatial correlations between the combined detrended Sr/Ca and Li/Mg proxies compared to instrumental SST at Europa revealed robust correlations with local climate variability in the Mozambique Channel and teleconnections to regions in the Indian Ocean and southeastern Pacific where surface wind variability appeared to dominate the underlying pattern of SST variability. The strongest correlation was found between our Europa SST reconstruction and instrumental SST records from the northern tropical Atlantic. Only a weak correlation was found with ENSO, with recent warm anomalies in the geochemical proxies coinciding with strong El Ni{\~n}o or La Ni{\~n}a. We identified the Pacific-North American (PNA) atmospheric pattern , which develops in the Pacific in response to ENSO, and the tropical North Atlantic SST as the most likely causes of the observed teleconnections with the Mozambique Channel SST at Europa.}, keywords = {Anthozoa, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean (North), Atlantic Ocean (Tropical), climate variation, coral, El Nino, El Nino-Southern Oscillation, Europa Island, Indian Ocean, La Nina, Mascarene Islands, Mozambique Channel, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean (Southeast), Porites, proxy climate record, reconstruction, Reunion, sea surface temperature, subtropical region, surface wind, teleconnection, trace element}, issn = {17264170}, doi = {10.5194/bg-16-695-2019}, url = {https://www.biogeosciences.net/16/695/2019/}, author = {Zinke, J. and D{\textquoteright}Olivo, J.P. and Gey, C.J. and McCulloch, M.T. and Henrich J Bruggemann and Lough, J.M. and Mireille M.M. Guillaume} } @article {Arroyo20191543, title = {Towards coherent GES assessments at sub-regional level: Signs of fisheries expansion processes in the Bay of Biscay using an OSPAR food web indicator, the mean trophic level}, journal = {ICES Journal of Marine Science}, volume = {76}, number = {6}, year = {2019}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {1543-1553}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, abstract = {Using the Bay of Biscay (BoB) as a case study, we conducted a transnational assessment of the mean trophic level (MTL, Ospar FW4) indicator at sub-regional level, over the last three decades. Our results confirm the apparent recovery of BoB{\textquoteright}s bentho-demersal system, as shown by trends in the MTL indicator based on survey data. However, they also point at a concomitant "fishing through" process where the apparent stability revealed by the MTL indicator based on landed catch data may be masking the expansion of demersal fisheries to deeper waters, and an over-exploitation of resources (particularly abundant pelagic species). Moreover, they show how the combined examination of independent surveys and fishery landings allows the identification of ecological trends in ecosystem studies. In addition, our results confirm that analysing MTL at various threshold levels helps discerning the causality of trends in this indicator, especially if analyses for pelagic and demersal species are run independently. Further studies, at smaller (i.e. local) spatial scales, need to be conducted to ascertain our results and suggest appropriate management strategies aimed at regulating fisheries expansions in the area. {\textcopyright} 2019 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2019. All rights reserved.}, keywords = {Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, catch statistics, demersal fishery, food web, pelagic fishery, range expansion, trophic level, trophic status}, issn = {10543139}, doi = {10.1093/icesjms/fsz023}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-abstract/76/6/1543/5369193}, author = {Arroyo, N.-L. and Safi, Georges and Vouriot, P. and L{\'o}pez-L{\'o}pez, L. and Nathalie Niquil and Le Loc{\textquoteright}h, Francois and Hattab, Tarek and Preciado, I and Coll, M.} }