Tidewater glaciers and bedrock characteristics control the phytoplankton growth environment in a fjord in the arctic

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Halbach, Laura, Vihtakari, Mikko, Duarte, Pedro, Everett, Alistair, Granskog, Mats, Hop, Haakon, Kauko, Hanna Maria, Kristiansen, Svein, Myhre, Per Inge, Pavlov, Alexey K., Pramanik, Ankit, Tatarek, Agnieszka, Torsvik, Tomas, Wiktor, Józef Maria, Wold, Anette, Wulff, Angela, Steen, Harald, Assmy, Philipp
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; sediment; geology; light; ammonium; glacial meltwater; nutrients; Svalbard; Kongsfjorden; Arctic; Kronebreen; glacier; Global warming; Kongsfjord*; Phytoplankton; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16082; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00254

Source at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00254. Meltwater discharge from tidewater glaciers impacts the adjacent marine environment. Due to the global warming, tidewater glaciers are retreating and will eventually terminate on land. Yet, the mechanisms through which meltwater runoff and subglaci...