Impacts of climate change on narragansett bay

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-90

  Smith, Leslie M ^a   Whitehouse, Sandra ^b   Oviatt, Candace A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 77950289111     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.017.0106     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Bertness, M.D., and P.J. Ewanchuk. 2002. Latitudinal and climate-driven variation in the strength and nature of biological interactions in New England salt marshes. Oecologia 132:392-401.
2. Bird, E.C.F. 1994. Physical setting and geomorphology of coastal lagoons. Pp. 9-40, In B. Kjerfve (Ed.). Coastal Lagoon Processes. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 577 pp.
3. Boothroyd, J. 1999. Chapter 6: Storm hazards. Pp.135-152, In L.M. Ernst, L.K. Miguel, and J. Willis (Eds.). Rhode Island's Salt Pond Region: A Special Area Management Plan. Coastal Resource Management Council, Providence, RI. 224 pp.
4. Boothroyd, J.C., J.P. Klinger, and C. Galagan. 1998. Coastal geologic hazards on the south shore of Rhode Island. Pp. A5-1-A5-29, In D.P. Murray (Ed.). Guidebook to Field Trips in Rhode Island and Adjacent Regions of Connecticut and Massachusetts. New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference 90th Meeting. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
5. Bricker-Urso, S., S.W. Nixon, J.K. Cochran, D.J. Hirshberg, and C. Hunt. 1989. Accretion rates and sediment accumulation in Rhode Island Salt Marshes. Estuaries 12:300-317.
6. Caldeira, K., and M.E. Wickett. 2003. Anthropogenic carbon and ocean pH. Nature 425:365.
7. Collie, J.S., A.D. Wood, and H.P. Jefferies. 2008. Long-term shifts in the species composition of a coastal fi sh community. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 65:1352-1365.
8. Deacutis, C.F. 2008. Evidence of ecological impacts from excess nutrients in upper Narragansett Bay. Pp. 349-381, In A. Desbonnet and B.A. Costa-Pierce (Eds.). Science for Ecosystem-Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. 570 pp.
9. Deason, E., and T. Smayda. 1982. Ctenophore-zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA, during 1972-1977. Journal of Plankton Research 4:203-217.
10. Doney, S.C. 2006. The dangers of ocean acidifi cation. Scientifi c American 294:58-65.
11. Donnelly, J.P., and M.D. Bertness. 2001. Rapid shoreward encroachment of salt marsh cordgrass in response to accelerated sea-level rise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98:14218-14223.
12. Edwards, M., and A.J. Richardson. 2004. Impact of climate change on marine pelagic phenology and trophic mismatch. Nature 430:881-884.
13. Ellis, G. 2002. An examination of the benthic macrofauna of Narragansett Bay and the possible implications of winter-spring bloom intensity on population size. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI. 181 pp.
14. Emmanuel, K.A. 2005. Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years. Nature 436:686-688.
15. Feely, R.A., C.L. Sabine, K. Lee, W. Berelson, J. Kleypas, V.J. Fabry, and F.J. Millero. 2004. Impact of anthropogenic CO2 on the CaO3 system in the oceans. Science 305:362-366.
16. Fulweiler, R.W., and S.W. Nixon. 2009. Responses of benthic-pelagic coupling to climate change in a temperate estuary. Hydrobiologia 629:147-156.
17. Goldenberg, S.B., C.W. Landsea, A.M. Mestas-Nunez, and W.M. Gray. 2001. The recent increase in Atlantic hurricane activity: Causes and implications. Science 293:474-479.
18. Hamburg, S.P., D. Pryor, and M.A. Vadeboncouer. 2008. Nitrogen inputs to Narragansett Bay: An historical perspective. Pp. 177-210, In A. Desbonnet, and B.A. Costa-Pierce (Eds.). Science for Ecosystem-Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. 570 pp.
19. Harley, C.D.G., A.R. Hughes, K.M. Hutgren, B.G. Miner, C.J.B. Sorte, C.S. Thornber, L.F. Rodriguez, L. Tomanek, and S.L. Williams. 2006. The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems. Ecology Letters 9:228-241.
20. Hawk, J.D. 1998. The role of the North Atlantic oscillation in winter climate variability as it relates to the winter-spring bloom in Narragansett Bay. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI.
21. Hinga, K.R. 2002. Effects of pH on coastal marine phytoplankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 238:281-300.
22. Hitchcock, G.L., and T.J. Smayda. 1977. Importance of light in initiation of 1972-1973 winter-spring diatom bloom in Narragansett Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 22:126-131.
23. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2007. Summary for policy makers. Pp. 1-17, In S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor, and H.L. Miller (Eds.). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY. 996 pp.
24. Jacobson, M.Z. 2005. Studying ocean acidifi cation with conservative, stable numerical schemes for nonequilibrium air-ocean exchange and ocean equilibrium chemistry. Journal of Geophysical Research 110:D07302.
25. Jefferies, H.P. 1994. The impacts of warming climate on fi sh populations. Maritimes 37:12-15.
26. Jefferies, H.P. 2001. Rhode Island's ever changing Narragansett Bay. Maritimes 43:3-6.
27. Jefferies, H.P., and W.C. Johnson. 1974. Seasonal distributions of bottom fi shes in Narragansett Bay area: seven-year variations in the abundance of winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). Journal Fisheries Research Board of Canada 31:1057-1066.
28. Jefferies, H.P., and M. Terceiro. 1985. Cycle of changing abundances in the fi shes of the Narragansett Bay area. Marine Ecological Progress Series 25:239-244.
29. Keller, A., and G. Klein-MacPhee. 2000. Impact of elevated temperature on the growth, survival, and trophic dynamics of winter fl ounder larvae: A mesocosm study. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:2382-2392.
30. Keller, A.A., C.A. Oviatt, H.A. Walker, and J.D. Hawk. 1999. Predicted impacts of elevated temperature on the magnitude of the winter-spring phytoplankton bloom in temperate coastal waters: A mesocosm study. Limnology and Oceanography 44:344-356.
31. Levitus, S., J. Anthony, and T. Boyer. 2005. Warming of the world ocean 1955-2003. Geophysical Research Letters 32:L02604.
32. Li, Y., and T.J. Smayda. 1998. Temporal variability of chlorophyll in Narragansett Bay, 1973-1990. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Journal of Marine Science 55:661-667.
33. Madsen, T., and E. Figdor. 2007. When it rains, it pours: Global warming and the rising frequency of extreme precipitation in the United States. Environment Rhode Island Research and Policy Center, Providence, RI.
34. Mann, M.E., and K.A. Emanuel. 2006. Atlantic hurricane trends linked to climate change. American Geophysical Union 87:233-244.
35. Maul, G.A., A.M. Davis, and J.W. Simmons. 2001. Sea-water temperature trends at USA tide-gauge sites. Geophysical Research Letters 28:3935-3938
36. Meehl, G.A., T.F. Stocker, W.D. Collins, P. Friedlingstein, A.T. Gaye, J.M. Gregory, A. Kitoh, R. Knutti, J.M. Murphy, A. Noda, S.C.B. Raper, I.G. Watterson, A.J. Weaver, and Z. Zhao. 2007. Global climate projections. Pp. 747-845, In S. Solomon, D.Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller (Eds.). Climate change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, 996 pp.
37. Mitchell, P.H., and N.W. Rakestraw. 1933. The buffer capacity of sea water. Biological Bulletin 65:437-451.
38. Mitchell, P.H., and J.L. Solinger. 1934. The effects of land drainage upon the excess bases of sea water. Biological Bulletin 66:97-101.
39. Morton, R.A., and J.A.H. Sallenger, Jr. 2003. Morphological impacts of extreme storms on sandy beaches and barriers. Journal of Coastal Research 19:560-573.
40. New England Regional Assessment Group. 2001. Preparing for a changing climate: The potential consequences of climate variability and change-New England Regional Overview. US Global Change Research Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. 96 pp.
41. Nixon, S.W., S.L. Granger, B.A. Buckley, M. Lamont, and B. Rowell. 2004. A one hundred and seventeen year coastal water temperature record from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Estuaries 27:397-404.
42. Nixon, S.W., B.A. Buckley, S.L. Granger, L.A. Harris, A.J. Oczkowski, R.W. Fulweiler, and L.W. Cole. 2008. Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to Narragansett Bay: Past, present, and future. Pp. 101-175, In A. Desbonnet, and B.A. Costa- Pierce (Eds.). Science for Ecosystem-Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. 570 pp.
43. Nixon, S.W., R.W. Fulweiler, B.A. Buckley, S.L. Granger, B.L. Nowicki, and K.M. Henry. 2009. The impact of changing climate on phenology, productivity, and benthic-pelagic coupling in Narragansett Bay. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 82:1-18
44. Oouchi, K., J. Yoshimura, H. Yoshimura, R. Mizuta, S. Kusunoki, and A. Noda. 2006. Tropical cyclone climatology in a global-warming climate as simulated in a 20-km-mesh global 20 atmospheric model: Frequency and wind-intensity analysis. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan 84:259-276
45. Orr, J.C., V.J. Fabry, O. Aumon, L. Bopp, S.C. Doney, R.A. Feely, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, R.M. Key, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, R. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R.G. Najjar, G. Plattner, K.B. Rodgers, C.L. Sabine, J.L. Sarmiento, R. Schlitzer, R.D. Slater, I.J. Totterdell, M. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, and A. Yool. 2005. Anthropogenic ocean acidifi cation over the twenty-fi rst century and its impact on calcifying organisms. Nature 437:681-686.
46. Overpeck, J.T., B.L. Otto-Biesner, G.H. Miller, D.R. Muhs, R.B. Alley, and J.T. Kiehl. 2006. Paleoclimatic evidence for future ice-sheet instability and rapid sea-level rise. Science 311:1747-1750.
47. Oviatt, C. 2004. The changing ecology of temperate coastal waters during a warming trend. Estuaries 27:895-904.
48. Oviatt, C.A. 2008. Impacts of nutrients on Narragansett Bay productivity: A gradient approach. Pp 523-544, In A. Desbonnet, and B. A. Costa-Pierce (Eds.). Science for Ecosystem-Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. 570 pp.
49. Oviatt, C.A., A.A. Keller, P.A. Sampou, and L.L. Beatty. 1986. Patterns of productivity during eutrophication: A mesocosm experiment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 28:69-80.
50. Oviatt, C., A. Keller, and L. Reed. 2002. Annual primary production in Narragansett Bay with no bay-wide winter-spring phytoplankton bloom. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science. 54:1013-1026.
51. Oviatt, C., S. Olsen, M. Andrews, J. Collie, T. Lynch, and K. Raposa. 2003. A century of fi shing and fi sh fl uctuations in Narragansett Bay. Reviews in Fisheries Science 11:221-242.
52. Pereira, J.J., R. Goldberg, J.J. Ziskowski, P.L. Berrien, W.W. Morse, and D.L. Johnson. 1999. Essential fi sh habitat source document: Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, life history and habitat characteristics. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-138. 48pp.
53. Pielke, R.A., and L.W. Landsea. 1998. Normalized hurricane damages in the United States: 1925-95. American Meteorological Society 13:621-631.
54. Pilson, M.E.Q. 2008. Narragansett Bay amidst a globally changing climate. Pp. 35-46, In A. Desbonnet, and B. A. Costa-Pierce (Eds.). Science for Ecosystem- Based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. 570 pp.
55. Pratt, D.M. 1959. The phytoplankton of Narragansett Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 4:425-440.
56. Pratt, D.M. 1965. Winter-spring diatom fl owering in Narragansett Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 10:173-184.
57. Rogers, C.E., and J.P. McCarty. 2000. Climate change and ecosystems of the Mid- Atlantic region. Climate Research 14:235-244.
58. Rudnick, D.T., and C.A. Oviatt. 1986. Seasonal lags between organic carbon deposition and mineralization in marine sediments. Journal of Marine Research 44:815-837
59. Scavia, D., J.C. Field, D.F. Boesch, R.W. Buddemeier, V. Burkett, and D.R. Cayan. 2002. Climate-change impacts on US coastal and marine ecosystems. Estuaries 25:149-164.
60. Sea Grant. 2004. Rhode Island Sea Grant fact sheets: Coastal erosion. Rhode Island Sea Grant. Available online at http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/ factsheets/fserosion. html. Accessed 23 April 2007.
61. Smayda, T.J. 1957. Phytoplankton studies in lower Narragansett Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 2:342-359.
62. Smith, N.P. 1994. Water, salt, and heat balance of coastal lagoons, Pp. 69-101, In B. Kjerfve (Ed.). Coastal Lagoon Processes. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 577 pp
63. Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, R.B. Alley, T. Bernsten, N.L. Bindoff, Z. Chen, A.Chidthaison, J.M. Gregory, G.C. Hegrel, M. Heimann, B. Hewitson, B.J. Hoskins, F. Joos, J. Jouzel, V. Kattsov, U. Lohmann, T. Matsuno, M. Molina, N. Nicholls, J. Overpeck, G. Raga, V. Ramaswamy, J. Ren, M. Rusticucci, R. Somerville, T.F. Stocker, P. Whetton, R.A. Wood, and D. Wratt. 2007. Technical Summary. Pp. 19-91, In S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chenb, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor, and H.L. Miller (Eds.). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. 996 pp.
64. Somero, G. N. 2002. Thermal physiology and vertical zonation of intertidal animals: Optima, limits, and costs of living. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42:780-789.
65. Sullivan, B.K., D. Vankeuren, and M. Clancy. 2001. Timing and size of blooms of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in relation to temperature in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Hydrobiologia 451:113-120.
66. Taylor, D., and J. Collie. 2003. Effect of temperature on the functional response and foraging behavior of the Sand Shrimp Crangon septemspinosa preying of juvenile Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 363:217-234.
67. Trenberth, K.E., P.D. Jones, P. Ambenje, R. Bojariu, D. Easterling, A.K. Tank, D. Parker, F. Rahimzadeh, J. A. Renwick, M. Rusticucci, B. Soden, and P. Zhai. 2007. Observations: Surface and atmospheric climate change. Pp. 235-336, In S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor, and H. L. Miller (Eds.). Climate change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K and New York, NY. 996 pp.
68. Webster, P.J., G.J. Holland, J.A. Curry, and H.R. Chang. 2005. Changes in tropical cyclone number, duration, and intensity in a warming environment. Science 309:1844-1846.
69. Whitehouse, S.T. 1994. The abundance and distribution of Cragnon septemspinosa in Narragansett Bay. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. 189 pp.