Determining net dissolved organic carbon production in the hydrographically complex western Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Mathis, Jeremy T., Hansell, Dennis A., Kadko, David, Bates, Nicholas R., Cooper, Lee W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi Shelf; canada basin; Chukchi; Phytoplankton; Point Barrow; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/357433/

Each spring and summer, the Chukchi Sea in the western Arctic Ocean experiences a short but intense phytoplankton bloom that is controlled by sea ice cover, nutrient availability, and river runoff. During the bloom, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentrations are drawn down in the mixed layer (s...