@article{fdi:010061476,
  title = {{D}ynamic biogeochemical provinces in the global ocean},
  author = {{R}eygondeau, {G}abriel and {L}onghurst, {A}. and {M}artinez, {E}lodie and {B}eaugrand, {G}. and {A}ntoine, {D}. and {M}aury, {O}livier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n recent decades, it has been found useful to partition the pelagic environment using the concept of biogeochemical provinces, or {BGCP}s, within each of which it is assumed that environmental conditions are distinguishable and unique at global scale. {T}he boundaries between provinces respond to features of physical oceanography and, ideally, should follow seasonal and interannual changes in ocean dynamics. {B}ut this ideal has not been fulfilled except for small regions of the oceans. {M}oreover, {BGCP}s have been used only as static entities having boundaries that were originally established to compute global primary production. {I}n the present study, a new statistical methodology based on non-parametric procedures is implemented to capture the environmental characteristics within 56 {BGCP}s. {F}our main environmental parameters (bathymetry, chlorophyll a concentration, surface temperature, and salinity) are used to infer the spatial distribution of each {BGCP} over 1997-2007. {T}he resulting dynamic partition allows us to integrate changes in the distribution of {BGCP}s at seasonal and interannual timescales, and so introduces the possibility of detecting spatial shifts in environmental conditions.},
  keywords = {{B}iogeography ; {B}iogeochemical province ; {B}iome ; {S}easonality ; {M}eteo-oceanic oscillations},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}lobal {B}iogeochemical {C}ycles},
  volume = {27},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {1046--1058},
  ISSN = {0886-6236},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1002/gbc.20089},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061476},
}