arctic (Smith and Comiso, 2008) and may represent a significant carbon sink that has global impacts (Arrigo et al., 2008). It is known to experience dramatic changes in phytoplankton biomass and composition during the austral growing season. Growth is initiated 15 lg L. The spring bloom is normally...
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| Summary: | arctic (Smith and Comiso, 2008) and may represent a significant carbon sink that has global impacts (Arrigo et al., 2008). It is known to experience dramatic changes in phytoplankton biomass and composition during the austral growing season. Growth is initiated 15 lg L. The spring bloom is normally dominated by the colonial haptophyte Phaeocystis antarctica, whose biomass rapidly (in ca. 3 weeks) decreases by nearly an order-of-magnitude in early Janu-ary (Smith et al., 2000; Smith and Asper, 2001), whereas areas along the receding pack ice in particular exhibit a biomass increase due to the growth of diatoms (Arrigo et al., 1999). By the end of February growth usually ceases, as the ice cover spreads rapidly over the entire continental shelf in March. This general scenario is supported by the chlorophyll climatology generated from dis-crete samples collected throughout the region from November through February (Smith et al., 2003). However, the limited data |
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