Glaciers and Nutrients in Arctic Seas

• Published in: Science
• Main Author: Apollonio, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1973
• Subjects: Arctic; Grise Fiord; Jones Sound; South Cape; South Cape Fiord; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.180.4085.491; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.180.4085.491

Significantly higher concentrations of nitrate and silicate were found in glaciated South Cape Fiord than in unglaciated Grise Fiord, in the Canadian Arctic, or in adjacent Jones Sound. No significant differences in phosphate concentrations were found. Glacial activity apparently enriches the concen...