Under-Ice Phytoplankton Blooms: Shedding Light on the “Invisible” Part of Arctic Primary Production

The growth of phytoplankton at high latitudes was generally thought to begin in open waters of the marginal ice zone once the highly reflective sea ice retreats in spring, solar elevation increases, and surface waters become stratified by the addition of sea-ice melt water. In fact, virtually all re...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Mathieu Ardyna, C. J. Mundy, Nicolas Mayot, Lisa C. Matthes, Laurent Oziel, Christopher Horvat, Eva Leu, Philipp Assmy, Victoria Hill, Patricia A. Matrai, Matthew Gale, Igor A. Melnikov, Kevin R. Arrigo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Subjects:	under-ice phytoplankton blooms biogeochemical cycles nutrient sea ice climate change Arctic Ocean open climate campaign
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.608032/full