Satellite observations of unprecedented phytoplankton blooms in the Maud Rise polynya, Southern Ocean

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Jena, Babula, Pillai, Anilkumar N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Curl; Maud Rise; Antarc*; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1385-2020; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00051359; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00051015/tc-14-1385-2020.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/1385/2020/tc-14-1385-2020.pdf

The appearance of phytoplankton blooms within sea ice cover is of high importance considering the upper ocean primary production that controls the biological pump, with implications for atmospheric CO2 and global climate. Satellite-derived chlorophyll a concentration showed unprecedented phytoplankt...