Seasonality of the Physical and Biogeochemical Hydrography in the Inflow to the Arctic Ocean Through Fram Strait

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Randelhoff, Achim, Reigstad, Marit, Chierici, Melissa, Sundfjord, Arild, Ivanov, Vladimir, Cape, Matthias, Vernet, Maria, Tremblay, Jean-Éric, Bratbak, Gunnar, Kristiansen, Svein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers 2018
• Subjects: Arctic ocean; Atlantic water; Hydrography; Shelf slope; nutrients; carbon; fram strait; Barents Sea; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Round Point; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/19427; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00224

Eastern Fram Strait and the shelf slope region north of Svalbard is dominated by the advection of warm, salty and nutrient-rich Atlantic Water (AW). This oceanic heat contributes to keeping the area relatively free of ice. The last years have seen a dramatic decrease in regional sea ice extent, whic...