Growth as a function of sea ice cover, light and temperature in the arctic/subarctic coralline C. compactum: A year-long in situ experiment in the high arctic

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jessica Gould, Jochen Halfar, Walter Adey, Justin B. Ries
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: coralline algae; growth monitoring; calcification; sea ice proxy; high arctic; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Arctic Bay; Arctic bay; Sea ice; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.900033; https://doaj.org/article/cffbe2487d82408eb579b37ca8e5be75

Long-term, high-resolution measurements of environmental variability are sparse in the High Arctic. In the absence of such data, we turn to proxies recorded in the layered skeletons of the long-lived crustose coralline algae Clathromorphum compactum. Annual growth banding in this alga is dependent o...