Summertime productivity and carbon export potential in the Weddell Sea, with a focus on the waters adjacent to Larsen C Ice Shelf

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Flynn, Raquel F., Bornman, Thomas G., Burger, Jessica M., Smith, Shantelle, Spence, Kurt A. M., Fawcett, Sarah E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fimbul Ice Shelf; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6031-2021; https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/18/6031/2021/

The Weddell Sea represents a point of origin in the Southern Ocean where globally important water masses form. Biological activities in Weddell Sea surface waters thus affect large-scale ocean biogeochemistry. During January–February 2019, we measured net primary production (NPP), nitrogen (nitrate,...