Springtime phytoplankton dynamics in Arctic Krossfjorden and Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen) as a function of glacier proximity

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Piquet, A. M. -T., van de Poll, W. H., Visser, R. J. W., Wiencke, C., Bolhuis, H., Buma, A. G. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; MICROBIAL EUKARYOTES; FJORD KONGSFJORDEN; COLD BIOSPHERE; RIBOSOMAL-RNA; SVALBARD; COMMUNITIES; SUMMER; OCEAN; DIVERSITY; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Krossfjorden; Svalbard; Antarc*; glacier; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Krossfjord*; Phytoplankton; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/ec6d2e37-12ee-4647-b142-758500274227; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/ec6d2e37-12ee-4647-b142-758500274227; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2263-2014; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/13869463/bg_11_2263_2014.pdf

The hydrographic properties of the Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden system (79 degrees N, Spitsbergen) are affected by Atlantic water incursions as well as glacier meltwater runoff. This results in strong physical gradients (temperature, salinity and irradiance) within the fjords. Here, we tested the hypot...