Antarctic landfast sea ice: A review of its physics, biogeochemistry and ecology

AD Fraser, P Wongpan, PJ Langhorne… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antarctic landfast sea ice (fast ice) is stationary sea ice that is attached to the coast,
grounded icebergs, ice shelves, or other protrusions on the continental shelf. Fast ice forms …

Microalgal community structure and primary production in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice: A synthesis

MA Van Leeuwe, L Tedesco, KR Arrigo, P Assmy… - Elem Sci …, 2018 - online.ucpress.edu
Sea ice is one the largest biomes on earth, yet it is poorly described by biogeochemical and
climate models. In this paper, published and unpublished data on sympagic (ice-associated) …

Extreme low light requirement for algae growth underneath sea ice: A case study from Station Nord, NE Greenland

K Hancke, LC Lund‐Hansen… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae colonizing the underside of sea ice in spring are a key component of the Arctic
foodweb as they drive early primary production and transport of carbon from the atmosphere …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal dynamics in microalgal communities in Arctic land-fast sea ice

RJ Duncan, JE Søreide, Ø Varpe, J Wiktor… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sea ice microalgae are an important source of energy for the polar marine food web,
representing the primary carbon source prior to pelagic phytoplankton blooms. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] On the impact of wastewater effluent on phytoplankton in the Arctic coastal zone: A case study in the Kitikmeot Sea of the Canadian Arctic

DY Back, SY Ha, B Else, M Hanson, SF Jones… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
We present a case study on the impact of effluent from a wastewater lagoon-wetland system
on phytoplankton and local primary production near a coastal Arctic community (Cambridge …

Seasonal dynamics of algal and bacterial communities in Arctic sea ice under variable snow cover

K Campbell, CJ Mundy, C Belzile, A Delaforge… - Polar Biology, 2018 - Springer
The abundance of diatoms and heterotrophic bacteria in sea ice rapidly increases during the
spring. However, the number and activity of these microorganisms vary with changing …

Always ready? Primary production of Arctic phytoplankton at the end of the polar night

CJM Hoppe - Limnology and oceanography letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The end of the polar night with the concurrent onset of photosynthetic biomass production
ultimately leads to the spring bloom, which represents the most important event of primary …

Environmental drivers of spring primary production in Hudson Bay

LC Matthes, JK Ehn, LA Dalman, DG Babb… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
Pertinent environmental factors influencing the microalgal bloom during sea-ice breakup in
Hudson Bay were investigated in June 2018, producing the first observations of late spring …

Melt procedure affects the photosynthetic response of sea ice algae

K Campbell, CJ Mundy, AR Juhl, LA Dalman… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The accuracy of sea ice algal production estimates is influenced by the range of melting
procedures used in studies to obtain a liquid sample for incubation, particularly in relation to …

Net community production in the bottom of first‐year sea ice over the Arctic spring bloom

K Campbell, CJ Mundy, M Gosselin… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The balance of photosynthesis and respiration by organisms like algae and bacteria
determines whether sea ice is net heterotrophic or autotrophic. In turn this clarifies the …