Algal Colonization of Young Arctic Sea Ice in Spring
The importance of newly formed sea ice in spring is likely to increase with formation of leads in a more dynamic Arctic icescape. We followed the ice algal species succession in young ice (≤ 0.27 m) in spring at high temporal resolution (sampling every second day for 1 month in May–June 2015) in the...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cd1e44c6ea5d472c81d87df31685f284 2023-05-15T14:54:31+02:00 Algal Colonization of Young Arctic Sea Ice in Spring Hanna M. Kauko Lasse M. Olsen Pedro Duarte Ilka Peeken Mats A. Granskog Geir Johnsen Mar Fernández-Méndez Alexey K. Pavlov Christopher J. Mundy Philipp Assmy 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00199 https://doaj.org/article/cd1e44c6ea5d472c81d87df31685f284 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00199/full https://doaj.org/toc/2296-7745 2296-7745 doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00199 https://doaj.org/article/cd1e44c6ea5d472c81d87df31685f284 Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 5 (2018) sea-ice algae young ice Arctic N-ICE2015 pigments succession Science Q General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00199 2022-12-31T00:51:25Z The importance of newly formed sea ice in spring is likely to increase with formation of leads in a more dynamic Arctic icescape. We followed the ice algal species succession in young ice (≤ 0.27 m) in spring at high temporal resolution (sampling every second day for 1 month in May–June 2015) in the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard. We document the early development of the ice algal community based on species abundance and chemotaxonomic marker pigments, and relate the young-ice algal community to the communities in the under-ice water column and the surrounding older ice. The seeding source seemed to vary between algal groups. Dinoflagellates were concluded to originate from the water column and diatoms from the surrounding older ice, which emphasizes the importance of older ice as a seeding source over deep oceanic regions and in early spring when algal abundance in the water column is low. In total, 120 taxa (80 identified to species or genus level) were recorded in the young ice. The protist community developed over the study period from a ciliate, flagellate, and dinoflagellate dominated community to one dominated by pennate diatoms. Environmental variables such as light were not a strong driver for the community composition, based on statistical analysis and comparison to the surrounding thicker ice with low light transmission. The photoprotective carotenoids to Chl a ratio increased over time to levels found in other high-light habitats, which shows that the algae were able to acclimate to the light levels of the thin ice. The development into a pennate diatom-dominated community, similar to the older ice, suggests that successional patterns tend toward ice-associated algae fairly independent of environmental conditions like light availability, season or ice type, and that biological traits, including morphological and physiological specialization to the sea ice habitat, play an important role in colonization of the sea ice environment. However, recruitment of ice-associated algae could be negatively ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean ice algae Sea ice Svalbard Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Frontiers in Marine Science 5 |
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The importance of newly formed sea ice in spring is likely to increase with formation of leads in a more dynamic Arctic icescape. We followed the ice algal species succession in young ice (≤ 0.27 m) in spring at high temporal resolution (sampling every second day for 1 month in May–June 2015) in the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard. We document the early development of the ice algal community based on species abundance and chemotaxonomic marker pigments, and relate the young-ice algal community to the communities in the under-ice water column and the surrounding older ice. The seeding source seemed to vary between algal groups. Dinoflagellates were concluded to originate from the water column and diatoms from the surrounding older ice, which emphasizes the importance of older ice as a seeding source over deep oceanic regions and in early spring when algal abundance in the water column is low. In total, 120 taxa (80 identified to species or genus level) were recorded in the young ice. The protist community developed over the study period from a ciliate, flagellate, and dinoflagellate dominated community to one dominated by pennate diatoms. Environmental variables such as light were not a strong driver for the community composition, based on statistical analysis and comparison to the surrounding thicker ice with low light transmission. The photoprotective carotenoids to Chl a ratio increased over time to levels found in other high-light habitats, which shows that the algae were able to acclimate to the light levels of the thin ice. The development into a pennate diatom-dominated community, similar to the older ice, suggests that successional patterns tend toward ice-associated algae fairly independent of environmental conditions like light availability, season or ice type, and that biological traits, including morphological and physiological specialization to the sea ice habitat, play an important role in colonization of the sea ice environment. However, recruitment of ice-associated algae could be negatively ... |
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Hanna M. Kauko Lasse M. Olsen Pedro Duarte Ilka Peeken Mats A. Granskog Geir Johnsen Mar Fernández-Méndez Alexey K. Pavlov Christopher J. Mundy Philipp Assmy |
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Hanna M. Kauko Lasse M. Olsen Pedro Duarte Ilka Peeken Mats A. Granskog Geir Johnsen Mar Fernández-Méndez Alexey K. Pavlov Christopher J. Mundy Philipp Assmy |
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Algal Colonization of Young Arctic Sea Ice in Spring |
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Algal Colonization of Young Arctic Sea Ice in Spring |
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Algal Colonization of Young Arctic Sea Ice in Spring |
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