U n iversid ad de O viedo THE EFFECT OF THE PRESTIGE OIL SPILL ON THE PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE N-NW SPANISH COAST DURING SPRING Manu el Varela* 1 , Antonio B ode 1 . M Teresa Alvarez -Os sorio 1 R icar do Anadon 2 , Marcos L Lope 2 Luis Valdes 3 Carlos Garcia -Soto 4 1 Inst ituto Espanol de Oceangraf ia.M uelle de An im as s/n. A Coruña.Spain 2 Labora torio de Ecologia.Universidad de Oviedo. Spain 3 Inst ituto Espanol de Oceanografia.Paseo del Arbeya l s/n. Gijón.Spain 4 Inst ituto Espanol de Oceanografia,Prom ontorio de Sa M artí n s/n. Santander. Spain
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Why Spring ? It is the first important biological event after shipwreck Bloom of phytoplankton in the area Spawning of many species of fishes and shellfish.
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U n ivers id add e O vied o
THE EFFECT OF THE PRESTIGE OIL SPILL ON THE PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE N-NW SPANISH
COAST DURING SPRING Manuel Varela*1, Antonio Bode1. M Teresa Alvarez-Ossorio1 Ricardo Anadon2,
Marcos LLope 2 Luis Valdes 3 Carlos Garcia-Soto 4
1 Instituto Espanol de Oceangrafia. Muelle de Animas s/n. A Coruña. Spain
2 Laboratorio de Ecologia. Universidad de Oviedo. Spain
3 Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia. Paseo del Arbeyal s/n. Gijón. Spain
4 Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Promontorio de Sa Martín s/n. Santander. Spain
Why Spring ?
• It is the first important biological event after shipwreck
• Bloom of phytoplankton in the area
• Spawning of many species of fishes and shellfish of commercial interest
• Effects on plankton ---- effects on food web
Source of Data
• Instituto Español de Oceanografia Core Project: Studies on Times Series of Oceanographic Data
– Starting in 1988 in A Coruna
– Several localities of study in the N-NW Coast of Spain
• Pelacus Cruises– Cover the area from Portugal to France
• OmexII Satellite Data – For the area in front of Rias Bajas
• Satellite chlorophyll IEO– Gijon Radial
7°W
5°W
43°N
42°N
5°W
0°W10°W
7°W
45°N
50°N
40°N
A Coruña
Vigo
Gijón
Santander
Cudillero
200 m
Cape Finisterre
Bay of Biscay
Galicia
NG
SG
WBB EBB
Area of study
Have effects on phytoplankton been observed after the Prestige oil spill during spring?
• Effects on biomass (chlorophyll-a)• Effects on physiology (primary production)• Effects of taxonomic groups• Effects on main phytoplankton species