Water masses and phytoplankton biomass distribution during summer in the weddell sea marginal ice-zone

• Main Authors: Perez, Ff, Tokarczyk, R, Figueiras, Fg, Rios, Af
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gauthier-Villars 1994
• Subjects: MARGINAL ICE; WEDDELL SEA; WATER MASSES; NUTRIENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Elephant Island; South Orkney Islands; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20883/18497.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20883/

This study - carried out between the Elephant and the Orkney islands - showed that spatial variability in the marginal ice-edge zone (MIZ) was greater than that found in open sea. Salinity and silicate contents point to the existence of two fronts: the first - near Elephant Island - separates the Su...