The contiguous domains of Arctic Ocean advection: Trails of life and death

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Wassmann, P., Kosobokova, K.N., Slagstad, D., Drinkwater, K.F., Hopcroft, R.R., Moore, S.E., Ellingsen, I., Nelson, R.J., Carmack, E., Popova, E., Berge, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Gateway The; Global warming; Subarctic; Zooplankton
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/385289/

The central Arctic Ocean is not isolated, but tightly connected to the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Advection of nutrient-, detritus- and plankton-rich waters into the Arctic Ocean forms lengthy contiguous domains that connect subarctic with the arctic biota, supporting both primary product...