A biogeochemical study in the Bellingshausen Sea:Overview of the STERNA 1992 expedition
A general overview and background of a two-ship study to examine biogeochemical fluxes in the marginal ice-zone of the Bellingshausen Sea (65-70°S; 80-87°W), SE Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean is presented. The major feature studied was an intense band of chlorophyll that was found geographical...
| Published in: | Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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1995
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| Online Access: | https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/332187fb-a94b-4e14-a050-3b50608495ba https://doi.org/10.1016/0967-0645(95)00056-V http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029538572&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0029538572&partnerID=8YFLogxK |
| Summary: | A general overview and background of a two-ship study to examine biogeochemical fluxes in the marginal ice-zone of the Bellingshausen Sea (65-70°S; 80-87°W), SE Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean is presented. The major feature studied was an intense band of chlorophyll that was found geographically close to a receding ice-edge. However, the bloom appeared not to be a result of a shallow mixed layer caused by ice-melt stabilisation, but rather associated with an oceanic front that coincided with the ice-edge. Details of the hydrographic conditions existing along the 85°W meridian from the ice-edge to open water to the north, and detailed surveys of surface hydrographic conditions are presented. |
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