Changing Occurrences of Fall Blooms Associated With Variations in Phytoplankton Size Structure in the Pacific Arctic

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Hisatomo Waga, Toru Hirawake
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; satellite remote sensing; ocean color; post-bloom period; marine phytoplankton; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Pacific; Lawrence Island; Chukchi; Pacific Arctic; Phytoplankton; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00209; https://doaj.org/article/3f500c44db0249d691bd64efb7e412a1

Phytoplankton blooms in the Pacific Arctic have been characterized as a huge single bloom in spring. However, several studies have reported recent increases in the occurrence of fall blooms during the period after dissipation of the spring bloom. Here, we explored spatiotemporal variations in the oc...