Chlorophyll a in Arctic Ocean, Fram Strait, and Greenland Sea, 1991-2012 ...

• Main Authors: Nöthig, Eva-Maria, Bracher, Astrid, Engel, Anja, Metfies, Katja, Niehoff, Barbara, Peeken, Ilka, Bauerfeind, Eduard, Cherkasheva, Alexandra, Gäbler-Schwarz, Stefanie, Hardge, Kristin, Kilias, Estelle, Kraft, Angelina, Mebrahtom Kidane, Yohannes, Lalande, Catherine, Piontek, Judith, Thomisch, Karolin, Wurst, Mascha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography @ AWI AWI_BioOce; Arctic Ocean; East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Greenland; Greenland Sea; Zooplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.855814; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.855814

Between Greenland and Spitsbergen, Fram Strait is a region where cold ice-covered Polar Water exits the Arctic Ocean with the East Greenland Current (EGC) and warm Atlantic Water enters the Arctic Ocean with the West Spitsbergen Current (WSC). In this compilation, we present two different data sets from plankton ecological observations in Fram Strait: (1) long-term measurements of satellite-derived (1998-2012) and in situ chlorophyll a (chl a) measurements (mainly summer cruises, 1991-2012) plus protist compositions (a station in WSC, eight summer cruises, 1998-2011); and (2) short-term measurements of a multidisciplinary approach that includes traditional plankton investigations, remote sensing, zooplankton, microbiological and molecular studies, and biogeochemical analyses carried out during two expeditions in June/July in the years 2010 and 2011. Both summer satellite-derived and in situ chl a concentrations showed slight trends towards higher values in the WSC since 1998 and 1991, respectively. In ... : Supplement to: Nöthig, Eva-Maria; Bracher, Astrid; Engel, Anja; Metfies, Katja; Niehoff, Barbara; Peeken, Ilka; Bauerfeind, Eduard; Cherkasheva, Alexandra; Gäbler-Schwarz, Stefanie; Hardge, Kristin; Kilias, Estelle; Kraft, Angelina; Mebrahtom Kidane, Yohannes; Lalande, Catherine; Piontek, Judith; Thomisch, Karolin; Wurst, Mascha (2015): Summertime plankton ecology in Fram Strait—a compilation of long- and short-term observations. Polar Research, 34, 18 pp ...