Self‐shading and meltwater spreading control the transition from light to iron limitation in an Antarctic coastal polynya

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Twelves, Andrew G., Goldberg, Daniel N., Henly, Sian F., Mazloff, Matthew R., Jones, Daniel C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Dotson Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528333/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528333/1/2020JC016636.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JC016636

Dotson Ice Shelf (DIS) in West Antarctica is undergoing rapid basal melting driven by intrusions of warm, saline Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) onto the continental shelf. Meltwater from DIS is thought to influence biology in the adjacent Amundsen Sea Polynya (ASP), which exhibits the highest Net Prim...