Unprecedented differences in phytoplankton community structures in the Amundsen Sea Polynyas, West Antarctica

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Youngju Lee, Jisoo Park, Jinyoung Jung, Tae Wan Kim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2022
• Subjects: phytoplankton; Dactyliosolen tenuijunctus; Phaeocystis antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Antarctica; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Austral; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9a5f; https://doaj.org/article/e5351501f7554458892c097019e8cdb1

In the Antarctic coast, ice shelves are rapidly thinning and retreating due to global warming. Basal melt water influences marine life, particularly the phytoplankton, which are directly affected by changes in physicochemical environments. However, there is limited in situ data over large areas in t...