Seasonal and latitudinal variations in sea ice algae deposition in the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas determined by algal biomarkers

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Koch, Chelsea Wegner, Cooper, Lee W., Lalande, Catherine, Brown, Thomas A., Frey, Karen E., Grebmeier, Jacqueline M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi Shelf; Chukchi; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7176078/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32320403; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231178

An assessment of the production, distribution and fate of highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) biomarkers produced by sea ice and pelagic diatoms is necessary to interpret their detection and proportions in the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas. HBIs measured in surface sediments collected from 2012 to 2...