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 …

The role of biota in the Southern Ocean carbon cycle

PW Boyd, KR Arrigo, M Ardyna, S Halfter… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean, although relatively understudied owing to its harsh
environment and geographical isolation, has been shown to contribute substantially to …

Iron in sea ice: Review and new insights

D Lannuzel, M Vancoppenolle, P van Der Merwe… - …, 2016‏ - online.ucpress.edu
The discovery that melting sea ice can fertilize iron (Fe)-depleted polar waters has recently
fostered trace metal research efforts in sea ice. The aim of this review is to summarize and …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular polymeric substances in Antarctic environments: A review of their ecological roles and impact on glacier biogeochemical cycles

S Nagar, R Antony, M Thamban - Polar Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Antarctic continent comprises diverse ecosystems like snow, glacier ice, sea ice, melt pools,
glacial soils, supraglacial and subglacial lakes that accommodate numerous microbial and …

Dynamics of dissolved iron and other bioactive trace metals (Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn) in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica

RM Sherrell, ME Lagerström, KO Forsch… - …, 2015‏ - online.ucpress.edu
Abstract The Amundsen Sea Polynya is experiencing large increases in glacial meltwater
input and hosts an extremely productive and long-lasting summer phytoplankton bloom …

Toward a regional classification to provide a more inclusive examination of the ocean biogeochemistry of iron-binding ligands

CS Hassler, CMG Van den Berg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Iron-binding ligands are paramount to understanding iron biogeochemistry and its potential
to set the productivity and the magnitude of the biological pump in> 30% of the ocean …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal dispersal of fjord meltwaters as an important source of iron and manganese to coastal Antarctic phytoplankton

KO Forsch, L Hahn-Woernle, RM Sherrell… - …, 2021‏ - bg.copernicus.org
Glacial meltwater from the western Antarctic Ice Sheet is hypothesized to be an important
source of cryospheric iron, fertilizing the Southern Ocean, yet its trace-metal composition …

Early spring phytoplankton dynamics in the Western Antarctic Peninsula

KR Arrigo, GL van Dijken, AC Alderkamp… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Palmer Long‐Term Ecological Research program has sampled waters of the
western Antarctic Peninsula (wAP) annually each summer since 1990. However, information …

Iron in glacial systems: Speciation, reactivity, freezing behavior, and alteration during transport

R Raiswell, J Hawkings, A Elsenousy… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
A more insightful view of iron in glacial systems requires consideration of iron speciation and
mineralogy, the potential for iron minerals to undergo weathering in ice-water environments …

Pelagic iron recycling in the Southern Ocean: exploring the contribution of marine animals

L Ratnarajah, S Nicol, AR Bowie - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
The availability of iron controls primary productivity in large areas of the Southern Ocean.
Iron is largely supplied via atmospheric dust deposition, melting ice, the weathering of shelf …