Increases in Arctic sea ice algal habitat, 1985–2018

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: Lim, Stephanie M., Payne, Courtney M., van Dijken, Gert L., Arrigo, Kevin R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of California Press 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Central Basin; Chukchi; Climate change; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00008; https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article-pdf/doi/10.1525/elementa.2022.00008/752075/elementa.2022.00008.pdf

In the Arctic Ocean, sea ice algae are responsible for a small but seasonally important pulse of primary production. Their persistence is threatened by the rapid loss of sea ice from the Arctic Ocean due to climate change, but this threat will be at least partially offset by the replacement of multi...