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Phytoplankton standing crops within an Antarctic ice edge assessed by satellite remote sensingThe dynamic interactions between the pack-ice recession and the occurrence of ice blooms of phytoplankton in waters of the marginal ice zone within an Antarctic ice edge were investigated using CZCS and SMMR imageries from the Nimbus 7 satellite (September 16-December 17, 1983), together with in situ measurements of pigments and sea ice concentration carried out from November 7 to December 2. A substantial amount of spatial variability in pigment concentration was observed to occur along the ice edge in the Weddell Sea. The relationships among light, ice distribution, and vertical stability and their effects on observed spatial variations in phytoplankton biomass are discussed. The results of this investigation suggest that the retreat of ice provides an input of significant volumes of meltwater which creates vertical stability for a period necessary to permit growth and accumulation of phytoplankton.
Document ID
19890024803
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Sullivan, C. W.
(Southern California, University Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Mcclain, C. R.
(University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Comiso, J. C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Smith, W. O., Jr.
(Tennessee, University Knoxville, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
October 15, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
89A12174
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-84-20213
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-82-18752
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-82-18758
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-87-13916
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