Control of primary production in the Arctic by nutrients and light: insights from a high resolution ocean general circulation model

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Popova, E. E., Yool, A., Coward, A. C., Aksenov, Y. K., Alderson, S. G., de Cuevas, B. A., Anderson, T. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Medusa; Arctic Basin; Climate change; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-3569-2010; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00028187; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00028142/bg-7-3569-2010.pdf; https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/7/3569/2010/bg-7-3569-2010.pdf

Until recently, the Arctic Basin was generally considered to be a low productivity area and was afforded little attention in global- or even basin-scale ecosystem modelling studies. Due to anthropogenic climate change however, the sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean is undergoing an unexpectedly fast...