Contrasting Sea-Ice Algae Blooms in a Changing Arctic Documented by Autonomous Drifting Buoys

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Hill, Victoria, Light, Bonnie, Steele, Michael, Sybrandy, Andrew Lowy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ODU Digital Commons 2022
• Subjects: Ice algae; Sea ice; Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Phytoplankton blooms; Environmental factors; Light absorption; Quantum; Yield; Photosynthesis; Photoadaptation; Resolute; Biomass; Oceanography; Chukchi Shelf; Chukchi; ice algae; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_fac_pubs/445; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017848; https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/oeas_fac_pubs/article/1456/viewcontent/JGR_Oceans___2022___Hill___Contrasting_Sea_Ice_Algae_Blooms_in_a_Changing_Arctic_Documented_by_Autonomous_Drifting_Buoys.pdf

Novel observations of the seasonal evolution of an ice algal bloom on the Chukchi shelf were collected by two autonomous buoys deployed 180 km apart in first-year drifting sea ice. High attenuation of blue light in the bottom of the ice indicated considerable accumulation of ice algae biomass with d...