Unusual subpolar North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom in 2010: Volcanic fertilisation or North Atlantic Oscillation?

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Henson, Stephanie A., Painter, Stuart C., Holliday, N. Penny, Stinchcombe, Mark C., Giering, Sarah L.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Irminger Basin; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503395/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503395/7/jgrc20363_Henson.pdf; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503395/1/NAOsat2010_papFinal.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20363

In summer and autumn 2010, a highly anomalous phytoplankton bloom, with chlorophyll concentration more than double that of previous years, was observed in the Irminger Basin, southwest of Iceland. Two unusual events occurred during 2010 which had the potential to promote the unusual bloom. First, in...