Fe availability drives phytoplankton photosynthesis rates during spring bloom in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Anne-Carlijn Alderkamp, Gert L Van Dijken, Kate E Lowry, Tara L Connelly, Maria Lagerström, Robert M Sherrell, Christina Haskins, Emily Rogalsky, • Oscar Schofield, Sharon E Stammerjohn, Patricia L Yager, Kevin R Arrigo
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Getz; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1075.8205

Abstract To evaluate what drives phytoplankton photosynthesis rates in the Amundsen Sea Polynya (ASP), Antarctica, during the spring bloom, we studied phytoplankton biomass, photosynthesis rates, and water column productivity during a bloom of Phaeocystis antarctica (Haptophyceae) and tested effects...