Faster Atlantic currents drive poleward expansion of temperate phytoplankton in the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Oziel, L., Baudena, A., Ardyna, M., Massicotte, P., Randelhoff, A., Sallée, J.-B., Ingvaldsen, R. B., Devred, E., Babin, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: General Physics and Astronomy; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Chemistry; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Corridor The; Corridor, The; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15485-5; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15485-5.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15485-5

Abstract The Arctic marine biome, shrinking with increasing temperature and receding sea-ice cover, is tightly connected to lower latitudes through the North Atlantic. By flowing northward through the European Arctic Corridor (the main Arctic gateway where 80% of in- and outflow takes place), the No...