Photobiological Effects on Ice Algae of a Rapid Whole-Fjord Loss of Snow Cover during Spring Growth in Kangerlussuaq, a West Greenland Fjord ...

• Main Authors: Sorrell, Brian K, Hawes, Ian, Stratmann, Tanja, Lund-Hansen, Lars Chresten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: Greenland; ice algae; optics; photobiology; Snow cover; stress; Spectral radiometer; Arctic Biodiversity & Livelihoods FACE-IT; Arctic; Kangerlussuaq; Arctic biodiversity; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.963203; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.963203

The presence of snow on sea-ice can have dramatic effects on the photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) that reaches the ice algae. To better quantify this effect in the high Arctic, an experiment was conducted in Kangerlussuaq, west Greenland, throughout March 2013 where snow was cleared off...