Dynamics of an intense diatom bloom in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula, February 2016

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Costa, Raul Rodrigo, Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges, Tavano, Virginia Maria, Dotto, Tiago Segabinazzi, Kerr, Rodrigo, Monteiro, Thiago, Odebrecht, Clarisse, Secchi, Eduardo Resende
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80768/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80768/1/Published_Version.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11437

Diatoms are considered the main base of the Southern Ocean food web as they are responsible for more than 85% of its annual primary production and play a crucial role in the Antarctic trophic structure and in the biogeochemical cycles. Within this context, an intense diatom bloom reaching > 45 mg...