The optical and biological properties of glacial meltwater in an Antarctic fjord.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: B Jack Pan, Maria Vernet, Rick A Reynolds, B Greg Mitchell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Greenland; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; Andvord; Andvord Bay; Antarc*; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211107; https://doaj.org/article/9616c94b61944d0f9802804497a1b58d

As the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) region responds to a warmer climate, the impacts of glacial meltwater on the Southern Ocean are expected to intensify. The Antarctic Peninsula fjord system offers an ideal system to understand meltwater's properties, providing an extreme in the meltwater...