Phytoplankton blooms are complex environmental phenomena driven by multiple factors. Understanding their relationships with meteorological factors and climate oscillations is essential for advancing data-driven and hybrid statistical-dynamical models. However, these relationships have rarely been investigated across different temporal scales. This study employs wavelet transform coherence and multiple wavelet coherence to examine the multiscale and multivariate relationships between phytoplankton blooms, meteorological factors, and climate oscillations in eight large marine ecosystems of the western North Pacific. The results reveal that all phytoplankton blooms in the studied ecosystems exhibit significant annual oscillations, while seasonal climate patterns demonstrate either unimodal or bimodal distributions. A comparison of the wavelet transform coherence and multiple wavelet coherence results indicates that meteorological factors primarily drive short-period variations in phytoplankton blooms, whereas climate oscillations exert more influence on long-term changes. The explanation of phytoplankton blooms increases as the driver factors increase, but there are also some decreasing due to the collinearity between different factors. The sea-air temperature difference emerges as the most significant driving factor, with its mechanisms varying across marine ecosystems: one type influences mixed-layer depth, while the other arises from interspecific differences in temperature sensitivity. Furthermore, the results underscore the importance of integrating non-dominant large-scale circulation indices with predominant meteorological factors for a more comprehensive understanding.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |