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Ice algal assemblages and vertical export of organic matter from sea ice in the Barents Sea and Nansen Basin (Arctic Ocean)

Polar biology, 2009-09, Vol.32 (9), p.1261-1273 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer-Verlag 2009 ;2009 INIST-CNRS ;ISSN: 0722-4060 ;EISSN: 1432-2056 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0622-5 ;CODEN: POBIDP

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  • Title:
    Ice algal assemblages and vertical export of organic matter from sea ice in the Barents Sea and Nansen Basin (Arctic Ocean)
  • Author: Tamelander, Tobias ; Reigstad, Marit ; Hop, Haakon ; Ratkova, Tatjana
  • Subjects: Algae ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Carbon ; Chlorophyll ; Ecology ; Ice ; Life Sciences ; Marine ecology ; Microbiology ; Oceanography ; Oceans ; Original Paper ; Plant Sciences ; Zoology
  • Is Part Of: Polar biology, 2009-09, Vol.32 (9), p.1261-1273
  • Description: Algal communities and export of organic matter from sea ice were studied in the offshore marginal ice zone (MIZ) of the northern Barents Sea and Nansen Basin of the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard by means of ice cores and short-term deployed sediment traps. The observations cover a total of ten stations within the drifting pack ice, visited over a period of 3 years during the period of ice melt in May and July. Maximum flux of particulate organic carbon and chlorophyll a from the ice at 1 m depth (1,537 mg C m⁻² per day and 20 mg Chl a m⁻² per day) exceeded the flux at 30 m by a factor of 2 during spring, a pattern that was reversed later in the season. Although diatoms dominated the ice-associated algal biomass, flagellates at times revealed similarly high biomass and typically dominated the exported algal carbon. Importance of flagellates to the vertical flux increased as melting progressed, whereas diatoms made the highest contribution during the early melting stage. High export of ice-derived organic matter and phytoplankton took place simultaneously in the offshore MIZ, likely as a consequence of ice drift dynamics and the mosaic structure of ice-covered and open water characteristic of this region.
  • Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag
  • Language: English;Russian
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0722-4060
    EISSN: 1432-2056
    DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0622-5
    CODEN: POBIDP
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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