Latitudinal distribution of biomarkers across the western Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea: an approach to assess sympagic and pelagic algal production

• Main Authors: Bai, Youcheng, Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine, Ren, Jian, Klein, Vincent, Jin, Haiyan, Chen, Jianfang
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi Shelf; Arctic Basin; Chukchi; Global warming; Phytoplankton; Sea ice; Zooplankton; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2023-143; https://bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2023-143/

The drastic decline of Arctic sea ice due to global warming and polar amplification of environmental changes in the Arctic basin profoundly alter primary production with consequences for polar ecosystems and the carbon cycle. In this study, we use highly branched isoprenoids (HBIs), brassicasterol,...