On the phenology and seeding potential of sea-ice microalgal species

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: van Leeuwe, Maria A., Fenton, Mairi, Davey, Emily, Rintala, Janne-Markus, Jones, Elizabeth M., Meredith, Michael P., Stefels, Jacqueline
• Other Authors: Department of Forest Sciences, Environmental Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: UNIV CALIFORNIA PRESS 2022
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry; Haptophytes; Phenology; Pigments; Sea ice; Seeding; PHOTOSYNTHESIS-IRRADIANCE RELATIONSHIPS; WEST ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; WEDDELL SEA; PACK ICE; ALGAL ASSEMBLAGES; MARGUERITE BAY; SOUTHERN-OCEAN; ROSS SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; DYNAMICS; 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; 1171 Geosciences; 1172 Environmental sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Ross Sea; Rothera; Rothera Research Station; Ryder; Ryder Bay; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/342208

Sea ice is an important habitat for a wide variety of microalgal species. Depending on the species composition, sea ice can be a seeding source for pelagic phytoplankton blooms after ice melt in spring. Sea-ice algal communities were studied over 2 full winter seasons in 2014 and 2016 at Rothera Res...