Abstract
In an earlier paper (Gushing, 1971), an analogy was drawn between the production cycle in upwelling areas and that in temperate waters. Production stops in winter in middle and high latitudes and, when the spring increase gets under way, the algae grow more rapidly than do the herbivores because the herbivores do not start to reproduce until there is enough algal food available. The delay between the start of algal production and the appearance of sufficient grazing capacity to reduce it affects the amplitude and spread of the production cycle although both are modified by other factors, for example, the rate of change of the algal reproductive rate. In contrast to the spring outburst in temperate waters, that of low latitude seas is continuous and of low amplitude because the delay period may be so short as not to exist at all.
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Cushing, D.H. (1978). Upper Trophic Levels in Upwelling Areas. In: Boje, R., Tomczak, M. (eds) Upwelling Ecosystems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66985-9_9
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