Mesoscale variability of the summer bloom over the northern Ross Sea shelf: A tale of two banks

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Kohut, Josh T., Kustka, Adam B., R. Hiscock, Michael, Lam, Phoebe J., Measures, Chris, Milligan, Allen, White, Angelicque, Carvalho, Filipa, Hatta, Mariko, Jones, Bethan M., Ohnemus, Daniel C., Swartz, John M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Mawson Bank; Pennell Bank; Ross Sea
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521112/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.06.009

Multi-year satellite records indicate an asymmetric spatial pattern in the summer bloom in the Northern Ross Sea, with the largest blooms over the shallows of Pennell Bank compared to Mawson Bank. In 2010–2011, high-resolution spatiotemporal in situ sampling focused on these two banks to better unde...