Summer microbial community composition governed by upper-ocean stratification and nutrient availability in northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctica

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Rozema, Patrick D., Biggs, Tristan, Sprong, Pim A.A., Buma, Anita G.J., Venables, Hugh J., Evans, Claire, Meredith, Michael P., Bolhuis, Henk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Marguerite; Rothera; Marguerite Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/512965/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/512965/1/Summer%20microbial%20community%20composition%20governed%20by%20upper-ocean%20stratification%20AAM.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064516303782

The Western Antarctic Peninsula warmed significantly during the second half of the twentieth century, with a concurrent retreat of the majority of its glaciers, and marked changes in the sea-ice field. These changes may affect summertime upper-ocean stratification, and thereby the seasonal dynamics...