DMSP production, primary productivity and community composition in new year sea ice in the Weddell Sea

• Main Authors: Bach, Mareike, Flores, Hauke, Peeken, Ilka, Van de Putte, Anton, Stefels, Jacqueline
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Pancake; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Phytoplankton; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/60d8306b-a946-4d8a-bcd4-937e98733907; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/60d8306b-a946-4d8a-bcd4-937e98733907; https://www.igsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/procabstracts_80.html

Arctic and Antarctic pack ice are a unique habitat for ice-associated microalgae, which provide the basis of the food web through primary production and carbon transfer to higher trophic levels. Additionally, various ice-algal species can produce the secondary metabolite dimethylsulfoniopropionate (...