Physical and biogeochemical properties of rotten East Antarctic summer sea ice

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Corkill, M, Moreau, S, Janssens, J, Fraser, AD, Heil, P, Tison, J-L, Cougnon, EA, Genovese, C, Kimura, N, Meiners, KM, Wongpan, P, Lannuzel, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2023
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Chemical oceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Rotten; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018875; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/155790

Sea ice forms a barrier to the exchange of energy, gases, moisture and particles between the ocean and atmosphere around Antarctica. Ice temperature, salinity and the composition of ice crystals determine whether a particular slab of sea ice is habitable for microorganisms and permeable to exchanges...