Chlorophyll a and macro-nutrients concentrations during the ice breaker Shirase cruise of the 60th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition ...

• Main Authors: Makabe, Ryosuke, Takao, Shintaro, Takahashi, Kunio, Odate, Tsuneo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data archive System (ADS), Japan 2021
• Subjects: OCEANS>OCEAN OPTICS>PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>NITRATE; OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>SILICATE; OCEANS>OCEAN CHEMISTRY>PHOSPHATE; Antarctic; Breaker; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17592/001.2020070705; https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/dataset/A20200707-005

Chlorophyll a concentration is the most common indicator of phytoplankton biomass, basically regulated by macro-nutrients and light intensity. Therefore, long term monitoring of these parameters gives us fundamental information on ecosystem changes with climate changes. As part of the monitoring pro...