Decade-scale oceanographic fluctuation in Monterey Bay, California, 1989-2011

All the anomalies exhibited trends, with temperature decreasing and salinity, nitrate and the biological anomalies increasing. Except for 200 m temperature, these trends were significant and substantial, with surface nitrate and euphotic-zone integrated chlorophyll and primary production increasing 1.69 uM, 7.27 mg m−2 and 510 mgC m−2 d−1 per decade, respectively. These Monterey Bay trends are consistent with other California Current results and Pacific Basin index trends over the same period, indicating that Monterey Bay fluctuates with the California Current and North Pacific Basin.