@article{3056346,
    title = "Interannual monsoon wind variability as a key driver of East African small pelagic fisheries",
    author = "Jebri, F. and Jacobs, Z.L. and Raitsos, D.E. and Srokosz, M. and Painter, S.C. and Kelly, S. and Roberts, M.J. and Scott, L. and Taylor, S.F.W. and Palmer, M. and Kizenga, H. and Shaghude, Y. and Wihsgott, J. and Popova, E.",
    journal = "Scientific Reports",
    year = "2020",
    volume = "10",
    number = "1",
    publisher = "Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research",
    issn = "2045-2322",
    doi = "10.1038/s41598-020-70275-9",
    abstract = "Small pelagic fisheries provide food security, livelihood support and economic stability for East African coastal communities—a region of least developed countries. Using remotely- sensed and field observations together with modelling, we address the biophysical drivers of this important resource. We show that annual variations of fisheries yield parallel those of chlorophyll-a (an index of phytoplankton biomass). While enhanced phytoplankton biomass during the Northeast monsoon is triggered by wind-driven upwelling, during the Southeast monsoon, it is driven by two current induced mechanisms: coastal “dynamic uplift” upwelling; and westward advection of nutrients. This biological response to the Southeast monsoon is greater than that to the Northeast monsoon. For years unaffected by strong El-Niño/La-Niña events, the Southeast monsoon wind strength over the south tropical Indian Ocean is the main driver of year-to-year variability. This has important implications for the predictability of fisheries yield, its response to climate change, policy and resource management. © 2020, The Author(s)."
}