Spatial and temporal dynamics of dissolved organic carbon, chlorophyll, nutrients, and trace metals in maritime Antarctic snow and snowmelt

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Nowak, Aga, Hodson, Andrew J., Turchyn, Alexandra V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic DOC; Antarctic snow biogeochemistry; Antarctic snowmelt enrichment; iron enrichment in Antarctic meltwaters; coastal fringe of Antarctic Peninsula; snowmelt DOC; nutrients in snowmelt; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Kvartærgeologi; glasiologi: 465; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Adelaide Island; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2589788; https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00201

Despite scientific interest in the investigation of biogeochemical changes in meltwaters of the Antarctic Peninsula, we still lack an understanding of the seasonal dynamics and release of dissolved and particulate carbon, nutrients, as well as trace metals from Antarctic snowpacks. Harsh conditions,...