Future change in ocean productivity: Is the Arctic the new Atlantic?

• Main Authors: Yool, A., Popova, E.E., Coward, A.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Medusa; Climate change; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385047/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385047/1/Yool_et_al-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Oceans.pdf

One of the most characteristic features in ocean productivity is the North Atlantic spring bloom. Responding to seasonal increases in irradiance and stratification, surface phytopopulations rise significantly, a pattern that visibly tracks poleward into summer. While blooms also occur in the Arctic...