Control of primary production in the Arctic by nutrients and light: insights from a high resolution ocean general circulation model

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Popova, E. E., Yool, A., Coward, A. C., Aksenov, Y. K., Alderson, S. G., Cuevas, B. A., Anderson, T. R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Medusa; Arctic Basin; Climate change; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-3569-2010; https://www.biogeosciences.net/7/3569/2010/

Until recently, the Arctic Basin was generally considered to be a low productivity area and was afforded little attention in global- or even basin-scale ecosystem modelling studies. Due to anthropogenic climate change however, the sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean is undergoing an unexpectedly fast...