Impact of Ice Algae on Inorganic Nutrients in Seawater and Sea Ice in Barrow Strait, NWT, Canada, During Spring

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Cota, Glenn F., Anning, Jeffrey L., Harris, Leslie R., Harrison, W. Glen, Smith, Ralph E. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Barrow Strait; Canada; ice algae; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f90-159; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f90-159

Except in "bottom ice" (lowest few centimetres) and surface waters impacted by autotrophs, the major inorganic nutrients behave conservatively in seawater and sea ice. From mid- to late spring, steep and persistent nutrient gradients were observed in the "well-mixed surface layer"...