The growth of phytoplankton at high latitudes was generally thought to begin in open waters
of the marginal ice zone once the highly reflective sea ice retreats in spring, solar elevation …

Polar sea ice is one of the largest ecosystems on Earth. The liquid brine fraction of the ice
matrix is home to a diverse array of organisms, ranging from tiny archaea to larger fish and …

Abstract In the Arctic Ocean, phytoplankton blooms on continental shelves are often limited
by light availability, and are therefore thought to be restricted to waters free of sea ice …

In the southern Beaufort Sea of the United States and Canada, prior investigations have
linked declines in summer sea ice to reduced physical condition, growth, and survival of …

Predicting water-column phytoplankton biomass from near-surface measurements is a
common approach in biological oceanography, particularly since the advent of satellite …

The ice-covered central Arctic Ocean is characterized by low primary productivity due to light
and nutrient limitations. The recent reduction in ice cover has the potential to substantially …

As the physical environment of the Arctic Ocean shifts seasonally from ice‐covered to open
water, the limiting resource for phytoplankton growth shifts from light to nutrients. To …

Abstract Throughout the Arctic Ocean, subsurface chlorophyll a (Chl a) maxima (SCM)
develop every summer after the water column stratifies and surface nutrients have been …

Over the last decade, several studies have reported a significant increase in marine primary
production of the Arctic Ocean due mainly to a decrease in the extent of the icepack. Given …

Subsurface chlorophyll maximum (SCM) layers are prevalent throughout the Arctic Ocean
under stratified conditions and are observed both in the wake of retreating sea ice and in …