Inter-decadal variability of phytoplankton biomass along the coastal West Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Kim, Hyewon, Ducklow, Hugh W., Abele, Doris, Ruiz Barlett, Eduardo M., Buma, Anita G. J., Meredith, Michael P., Rozema, Patrick D., Schofield, Oscar M., Venables, Hugh J., Schloss, Irene R.
• Other Authors: US National Science Foundation, NASA ROSES, Marie Curie Action IRSES
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; Potter Cove; Rothera; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Adelaide Island; Anvers; Anvers Island; Rothera Station; Carlini Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0174; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2017.0174; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2017.0174

The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a climatically sensitive region where periods of strong warming have caused significant changes in the marine ecosystem and food-web processes. Tight coupling between phytoplankton and higher trophic levels implies that the coastal WAP is a bottom-up controlled...