Algal colonization of young arctic sea ice in spring

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Kauko, Hanna Maria, Olsen, Lasse Mork, Duarte, Pedro, Peeken, Ilka, Granskog, Mats A., Johnsen, Geir, Fernández-Méndez, Mar, Pavlov, Alexey, Mundy, Christopher John, Assmy, Philipp
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Duarte; Svalbard; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2588912; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00199

The importance of newly formed sea ice in spring is likely to increase with formation of leads in a more dynamic Arctic icescape. We followed the ice algal species succession in young ice (≤ 0.27 m) in spring at high temporal resolution (sampling every second day for 1 month in May–June 2015) in the...