Marine ecosystem monitoring in the sea-ice region of Lutzow-Holm Bay, off Syowa Station, during the icebreaker Shirase cruise of the 58th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition ...

• Main Authors: Takahashi, Kunio, Makabe, Ryusuke, Takao, Shintaro, Odate Deceased, Tsuneo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data archive System (ADS), Japan 2024
• Subjects: BIOSPHERE>ECOSYSTEMS>AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS>PLANKTON>PHYTOPLANKTON; Antarctic; Syowa Station; Antarc*; ice pack; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17592/001.2024011202; https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/dataset/A20240112-002

As part of the monitoring program of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE), marine ecological monitoring in the sea-ice region of Lutzow-Holm Bay, off Syowa Station has been routinely carried out since JARE-52 (2010/11 season) to investigate biological production and mechanisms in relation to sea-ice. Water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll-a concentration, macro-nutrients (nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and silicate), and zooplankton data were collected at six stations in various sea-ice environments: fast-ice, pack-ice, and ice-free open ocean. The use of an "ice-fence" protected observation equipment (e.g., plankton nets and CTDs) from damage due to sea-ice. This report provides the data obtained during the icebreaker Shirase cruise of the 58th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition in the 2016/17 season. ...