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Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice

Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice
Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice
Phytoplankton blooms over Arctic Ocean continental shelves are thought to be restricted to waters free of sea ice. Here, we document a massive phytoplankton bloom beneath fully consolidated pack ice far from the ice edge in the Chukchi Sea, where light transmission has increased in recent decades because of thinning ice cover and proliferation of melt ponds. The bloom was characterized by high diatom biomass and rates of growth and primary production. Evidence suggests that under-ice phytoplankton blooms may be more widespread over nutrient-rich Arctic continental shelves and that satellite-based estimates of annual primary production in these waters may be underestimated by up to 10-fold.
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Arrigo, Kevin R., Perovich, Donald K., Pickart, Robert S., Brown, Zachary W., van Dijken, Gert L., Lowry, Kate E., Mills, Matthew M., Palmer, Molly A., Balch, William M., Bahr, Frank, Bates, Nicholas R., Benitez-Nelson, Claudia, Bowler, Bruce, Brownlee, Emily, Ehn, Jens K., Frey, Karen E., Garley, Rebecca, Laney, Samuel R., Lubelczyk, Laura, Mathis, Jeremy, Matsuoka, Atsushi, Mitchell, B. Greg, Moore, G.W.K., Ortega-Retuerta, Eva, Pal, Sharmila, Polashenski, Chris M., Reynolds, Rick A., Schieber, Brian, Sosik, Heidi M., Stephens, Michael and Swift, James H. (2012) Massive phytoplankton blooms under Arctic sea ice. Science, 336 (6087), p1408. (doi:10.1126/science.1215065).

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Abstract

Phytoplankton blooms over Arctic Ocean continental shelves are thought to be restricted to waters free of sea ice. Here, we document a massive phytoplankton bloom beneath fully consolidated pack ice far from the ice edge in the Chukchi Sea, where light transmission has increased in recent decades because of thinning ice cover and proliferation of melt ponds. The bloom was characterized by high diatom biomass and rates of growth and primary production. Evidence suggests that under-ice phytoplankton blooms may be more widespread over nutrient-rich Arctic continental shelves and that satellite-based estimates of annual primary production in these waters may be underestimated by up to 10-fold.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 7 June 2012
Published date: 15 June 2012
Organisations: Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems

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Local EPrints ID: 356532
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/356532
ISSN: 0036-8075
PURE UUID: f8b19beb-e07e-413d-80ab-b1c481ba20b2

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Date deposited: 06 Sep 2013 08:55
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 14:50

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Author: Kevin R. Arrigo
Author: Donald K. Perovich
Author: Robert S. Pickart
Author: Zachary W. Brown
Author: Gert L. van Dijken
Author: Kate E. Lowry
Author: Matthew M. Mills
Author: Molly A. Palmer
Author: William M. Balch
Author: Frank Bahr
Author: Claudia Benitez-Nelson
Author: Bruce Bowler
Author: Emily Brownlee
Author: Jens K. Ehn
Author: Karen E. Frey
Author: Rebecca Garley
Author: Samuel R. Laney
Author: Laura Lubelczyk
Author: Jeremy Mathis
Author: Atsushi Matsuoka
Author: B. Greg Mitchell
Author: G.W.K. Moore
Author: Eva Ortega-Retuerta
Author: Sharmila Pal
Author: Chris M. Polashenski
Author: Rick A. Reynolds
Author: Brian Schieber
Author: Heidi M. Sosik
Author: Michael Stephens
Author: James H. Swift

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