Extended Data Fig. 9: Clusters of different bloom growth paths.
From: Coastal phytoplankton blooms expand and intensify in the 21st century
(a) The spatial distribution of different clusters. The fractions of different clusters across different latitudes are summarized. (b) The development of the maximum bloom-affected areas within a year within 1° × 1° grid cells, where all global grid cells are grouped into three distinct clusters according to the similarity of the bloom growth curve. The colored bond curves represent the mean values of all the grid cells, and their mean SST and associated standard deviations are shown with dashed lines and gray shading. The proportions of different clusters in the global bloom-affected areas are annotated. (c) and (f) The mean timing of the maximum bloom-affected areas (TMBAA) and the associated standard deviations between 2003 and 2019. The whole year in the Southern Hemisphere is shifted forward by 183 days in (c). Maps created using Python 3.8.
