Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: 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, Swift, James H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1215065; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1215065

In midsummer, diatoms have taken advantage of thinning ice cover to feed in nutrient-rich waters.