Dissolved Fe in the Deep and Upper Arctic Ocean With a Focus on Fe Limitation in the Nansen Basin

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Micha J. A. Rijkenberg, Hans A. Slagter, Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff, Jan van Ooijen, Loes J. A. Gerringa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: GEOTRACES; dissolved Fe; Arctic Ocean; Fe limitation; climate change; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Barents Sea; Gakkel Ridge; Climate change; Global warming; Nansen Basin; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00088; https://doaj.org/article/86c8aacd075045d7b5cbb3d172175400

Global warming resulting from the release of anthropogenic carbon dioxide is rapidly changing the Arctic Ocean. Over the last decade sea ice declined in extent and thickness. As a result, improved light availability has increased Arctic net primary production, including in under-ice phytoplankton bl...