Correlations among phytoplankton biomass, sea ice and wind speed in Barents Sea and the future climate trends

Global climate closely links with the Arctic Ocean ecosystem especially in the Barents Sea. The distributions and correlations among chlorophyll-a (CHL), sea ice concentration (ICE), wind speed (WIND), sea surface temperature (SST) and mixed layer depth (MLD) are studied within the region of Barents...

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Published in:Polar Science
Main Authors: Qu, Bo, Gabric, Albert J, Zeng, Meifang, Liu, Xiao
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020
Subjects:
Physical sciences
Earth sciences
Biological sciences
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Ecology
Geosciences
Multidisciplinary
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Phytoplankton
Polar Science
Sea ice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10072/396347
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100525
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Summary:Global climate closely links with the Arctic Ocean ecosystem especially in the Barents Sea. The distributions and correlations among chlorophyll-a (CHL), sea ice concentration (ICE), wind speed (WIND), sea surface temperature (SST) and mixed layer depth (MLD) are studied within the region of Barents Sea (70°N-80°N, 30°E−40°E) over the period 2003–2013. CHL increased from north to south in general. Ice melted rapidly in the southern region (70°N-75°N) and had less impact than SST on phytoplankton blooming. Melting ice in northern region (75°N-80°N) contributed significant source on phytoplankton development. WIND had negative correlations with CHL in spring blooming season and had positive correlations during autumn. No Full Text

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