Hidden Production: On the Importance of Pelagic Phytoplankton Blooms Beneath Arctic Sea Ice

dc.contributor.authorKinney, Jaclyn Clement
dc.contributor.authorMaslowski, Wieslaw
dc.contributor.authorOsinski, Robert
dc.contributor.authorJin, Meibing
dc.contributor.authorFrants, Marina
dc.contributor.authorJeffery, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorLee, Younjoo J.
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)en_US
dc.contributor.departmentOceanographyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-18T20:33:24Z
dc.date.available2020-11-18T20:33:24Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionThe article of record as published may be found at https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016211en_US
dc.description.abstractRecent observations suggest that substantial phytoplankton blooms occur under sea ice on Arctic continental shelves during June and July. This is opposed to the traditional view that no significant biomass is produced in sea‐ice covered waters. However, no observational estimates are available on the Arctic‐wide primary production beneath sea ice. Here, using a fully coupled Arctic system model, we estimate that 63%/41% of the total primary production in the central Arctic occurs in waters covered by sea ice that is ≥50%/≥85% concentration. The total primary production there is increasing at a rate of 5.2% per decade during 1980–2018. Increased light transmission, due to the removal of sea ice, more extensive melt ponds, and thinner sea ice, is implicated as the main cause of increasing trends in primary production.en_US
dc.format.extent9 p.en_US
dc.identifier.citationClement Kinney, J., Maslowski, W., Osinski, R., Jin, M., Frants, M., Jeffery, N., & Lee, Y. J. (2020). Hidden production: On the importance of pelagic phytoplankton blooms beneath Arctic Sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2020JC016211. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016211
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/66154
dc.publisherAGUen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.titleHidden Production: On the Importance of Pelagic Phytoplankton Blooms Beneath Arctic Sea Iceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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