Summertime productivity and carbon export potential in the Weddell Sea, with a focus on the waters adjacent to Larsen C Ice Shelf

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: R. F. Flynn, T. G. Bornman, J. M. Burger, S. Smith, K. A. M. Spence, S. E. Fawcett
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Fimbul Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6031-2021; https://doaj.org/article/2b2436c900474c63ac7d41810a8cc7c9

The Weddell Sea represents a point of origin in the Southern Ocean where globally important water masses form. Biological activities in Weddell Sea surface waters thus affect large-scale ocean biogeochemistry. During January–February 2019, we measured net primary production (NPP), nitrogen (nitrate,...