Marine heatwaves (MHWs), have doubled in frequency globally in recent decades and are becoming longer, more intense, and increasingly disruptive to marine ecosystems. However, despite their growing ecological and biogeochemical importance, major productive coastal systems remain understudied, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere. Here, we provide the first comprehensive characterization of MHWs across the Patagonian Shelf (...

We examine 20 years of monthly global ocean color data and modeling outputs of nutrients using self-organizing map (SOM) analysis to identify characteristic spatial and temporal patterns of high-nutrient low-chlorophyll (HNLC) regions and their association with different climate modes. The global nitrate-to-chlorophyll ratio threshold of NO3 : Chl > 17 (mmol NO3 mg Chl−1) is estimated to be a good indicator of the distribution...

Nursery areas are essential fish habitats due to their relevance in the survival of early stages of fish populations. They are also considered as of high priority in marine conservation strategies. Here, we investigated the diet of white seabream [Diplodussargus (Linnaeus, 1758)] settlers in six nursery areas located in the shallow waters of coves in Minorca Island (Balearic Islands, Spain). Our aim was to characterize the foo...

The factors that regulate the self‐recruitment of fish larvae were explored in C abrera N ational P ark ( CNP ), an insular M arine P rotected A rea ( MPA ) located off southern M allorca ( W estern M editerranean). Our study attributes the regulation of larval arrival to the MPA to a combination of retention by topographically generated circulation patterns around the island and shelf break frontal dynamics. Specifically, wit...

We assessed by numerical modeling the coastal fish larval dispersion along the southern coast of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, NW Mediterranean) with the objective of determining the factors that contribute to successful recruitment. We assumed that fish larvae dispersal is mainly regulated by physical transport. Currents are mainly wind driven in this area; therefore, changes in wind forcing have a first‐order impact on larval...