Seasonality of the Physical and Biogeochemical Hydrography in the Inflow to the Arctic Ocean Through Fram Strait

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Achim Randelhoff, Marit Reigstad, Melissa Chierici, Arild Sundfjord, Vladimir Ivanov, Mattias Cape, Maria Vernet, Jean-Éric Tremblay, Gunnar Bratbak, Svein Kristiansen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Atlantic water; hydrography; shelf slope; nutrients; carbon; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Round Point; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00224; https://doaj.org/article/f574953d2fd34e28934ef9535d658fa1

Eastern Fram Strait and the shelf slope region north of Svalbard is dominated by the advection of warm, salty and nutrient-rich Atlantic Water (AW). This oceanic heat contributes to keeping the area relatively free of ice. The last years have seen a dramatic decrease in regional sea ice extent, whic...