Weddell Sea Phytoplankton Blooms Modulated by Sea Ice Variability and Polynya Formation

• Main Authors: Berg, Lauren, Prend, Channing J, Campbell, Ethan C, Mazloff, Matthew R, Talley, Lynne D, Gille, Sarah T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2020
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Maud Rise; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7p92z0dm

Abstract: Seasonal sea ice retreat is known to stimulate Southern Ocean phytoplankton blooms, but depth‐resolved observations of their evolution are scarce. Autonomous float measurements collected from 2015–2019 in the eastern Weddell Sea show that spring bloom initiation is closely linked to sea ic...