Faster Atlantic currents drive poleward expansion of temperate phytoplankton in the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Oziel, L., Baudena, A., Ardyna, M., Massicotte, Philippe, Randelhoff, Achim, Sallée, Jean-Bapiste, Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær, Devred, E., Babin, Marcel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Corridor The; Corridor, The; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2723059; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15485-5

The Arctic marine biome, shrinking with increasing temperature and receding sea-ice cover, is tightly connected to lower latitudes through the North Atlantic. By flowing northward through the European Arctic Corridor (the main Arctic gateway where 80% of in- and outflow takes place), the North Atlan...