On the phenology and seeding potential of sea-ice microalgal species

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: van Leeuwe, Maria A., Fenton, Mairi, Davey, Emily, Rintala, Janne-Markus, Jones, Elizabeth Marie, Meredith, Michael P., Stefels, Jacqueline
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Rothera Research Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2999726; https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00029

Sea ice is an important habitat for a wide variety of microalgal species. Depending on the species composition, sea ice can be a seeding source for pelagic phytoplankton blooms after ice melt in spring. Sea-ice algal communities were studied over 2 full winter seasons in 2014 and 2016 at Rothera Res...