Fe availability drives phytoplankton photosynthesis rates during spring bloom in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: Anne-Carlijn Alderkamp, Gert L. van Dijken, Kate E. Lowry, Tara L. Connelly, Maria Lagerström, Robert M. Sherrell, Christina Haskins, Emily Rogalsky, Oscar Schofield, Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Patricia L. Yager, Kevin R. Arrigo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioOne 2015
• Subjects: Phytoplankton; photosynthesis; Iron; envir; geo; Amundsen Sea; Getz; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12952/journal.elementa.000043; https://doaj.org/article/24b855ea46bb4f51ac61d2815f04185b

Abstract To evaluate what drives phytoplankton photosynthesis rates in the Amundsen Sea Polynya (ASP), Antarctica, during the spring bloom, we studied phytoplankton biomass, photosynthesis rates, and water column productivity during a bloom of Phaeocystis antarctica (Haptophyceae) and tested effects...