Gert van Dijken
Rsch and Dev Scientist Engr 2, Earth System Science
Science & Engineering Assoc, Earth System Science
All Publications
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Response of indicator species to changes in food web and ocean dynamics of the Ross Sea, Antarctica
ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
2024
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0954102024000191
View details for Web of Science ID 001315723400001
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Pan-Arctic analysis of the frequency of under-ice and marginal ice zone phytoplankton blooms, 2003-2021
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
2024; 12 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.2023.00076
View details for Web of Science ID 001219503200001
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Rapid climate change alters the environment and biological production of the Indian Ocean.
The Science of the total environment
2023: 167342
Abstract
We synthesize and review the impacts of climate change on the physical, chemical, and biological environments of the Indian Ocean and discuss mitigating actions and knowledge gaps. The most recent climate scenarios identify with high certainty that the Indian Ocean (IO) is experiencing one of the fastest surface warming among the world's oceans. The area of surface waters of >28 °C (IO Warm Pool) has significantly increased during 2012-2021 by expanding into the northern-central basins. A significant decrease in pH and aragonite (building blocks of calcified organisms) levels in the IO was observed from 1981 to 2020 due to an increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. There are also signals of decreasing trends in primary productivity in the north, likely related to enhanced stratification and nutrient depletion. Further, the rapid warming of the IO will manifest more extreme weather conditions along its adjacent continents and oceans, including marine heat waves that are likely to reshape biodiversity. However, the impact of climate change beyond the unprecedented warming, increase in marine heat waves, expansion of the IO Warm Pool, and decrease in pH, remains uncertain for many other key variables in the IO including changes in salinity, oxygen, and net primary production. Understanding the response of these physical, chemical, and biological variables to climate change is vital to project future changes in regional fisheries and identify mitigation actions. We accordingly conclude by identifying knowledge gaps and recommending directions for sustainable fisheries and climate impact studies.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167342
View details for PubMedID 37758130
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Spatial and Interannual Variability of Antarctic Sea Ice Bottom Algal Habitat, 2004-2019
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2023; 128 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2023JC020055
View details for Web of Science ID 001066910600001
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Sensitivity of the Relationship Between Antarctic Ice Shelves and Iron Supply to Projected Changes in the Atmospheric Forcing
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2023; 128 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2022JC019210
View details for Web of Science ID 000936182700001
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Linking multiple stressor science to policy opportunities through network modeling
MARINE POLICY
2022; 146
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105307
View details for Web of Science ID 000868989000003
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Wildfire aerosol deposition likely amplified a summertime Arctic phytoplankton bloom
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
2022; 3 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1038/s43247-022-00511-9
View details for Web of Science ID 000855460400002
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North-South Differences in Under-Ice Primary Production in the Chukchi Sea From 1988 to 2018
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2022; 127 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2022JC018431
View details for Web of Science ID 000823120100001
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Springtime phytoplankton responses to light and iron availability along the western Antarctic Peninsula
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2022
View details for DOI 10.1002/lno.12035
View details for Web of Science ID 000755549000001
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The distribution of Fe across the shelf of the Western Antarctic Peninsula at the start of the phytoplankton growing season
MARINE CHEMISTRY
2022; 238
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marchem.2021.104066
View details for Web of Science ID 000750835300001
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Increases in Arctic sea ice algal habitat, 1985-2018
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2022; 10 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.2022.00008
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Warming of the Indian Ocean and its impact on temporal and spatial dynamics of primary production
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2021; 198
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102688
View details for Web of Science ID 000709947600001
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UCYN-A/haptophyte symbioses dominate N2 fixation in the Southern California Current System.
ISME communications
2021; 1 (1): 42
Abstract
The availability of fixed nitrogen (N) is an important factor limiting biological productivity in the oceans. In coastal waters, high dissolved inorganic N concentrations were historically thought to inhibit dinitrogen (N2) fixation, however, recent N2 fixation measurements and the presence of the N2-fixing UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis in nearshore waters challenge this paradigm. We characterized the contribution of UCYN-A symbioses to nearshore N2 fixation in the Southern California Current System (SCCS) by measuring bulk community and single-cell N2 fixation rates, as well as diazotroph community composition and abundance. UCYN-A1 and UCYN-A2 symbioses dominated diazotroph communities throughout the region during upwelling and oceanic seasons. Bulk N2 fixation was detected in most surface samples, with rates up to 23.0 ± 3.8 nmol N l-1 d-1, and was often detected at the deep chlorophyll maximum in the presence of nitrate (>1 µM). UCYN-A2 symbiosis N2 fixation rates were higher (151.1 ± 112.7 fmol N cell-1 d-1) than the UCYN-A1 symbiosis (6.6 ± 8.8 fmol N cell-1 d-1). N2 fixation by the UCYN-A1 symbiosis accounted for a majority of the measured bulk rates at two offshore stations, while the UCYN-A2 symbiosis was an important contributor in three nearshore stations. This report of active UCYN-A symbioses and broad mesoscale distribution patterns establishes UCYN-A symbioses as the dominant diazotrophs in the SCCS, where heterocyst-forming and unicellular cyanobacteria are less prevalent, and provides evidence that the two dominant UCYN-A sublineages are separate ecotypes.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s43705-021-00039-7
View details for PubMedID 36740625
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Response of Lower Sacramento River phytoplankton to high-ammonium wastewater effluent
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
2021; 9(1)
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.2021.040
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Massive Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom fed by iron of possible hydrothermal origin.
Nature communications
2021; 12 (1): 1211
Abstract
Primary production in the Southern Ocean (SO) is limited by iron availability. Hydrothermal vents have been identified as a potentially important source of iron to SO surface waters. Here we identify a recurring phytoplankton bloom in the high-nutrient, low-chlorophyll waters of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Pacific sector of the SO, that we argue is fed by iron of hydrothermal origin. In January 2014 the bloom covered an area of ~266,000 km2 with depth-integrated chlorophyll a>300mgm-2, primary production rates >1gC m-2 d-1, and a mean CO2 flux of -0.38gC m-2 d-1. The elevated iron supporting this bloom is likely of hydrothermal origin based on the recurrent position of the bloom relative to two active hydrothermal vent fields along the Australian Antarctic Ridge and the association of the elevated iron with a distinct water mass characteristic of a nonbuoyant hydrothermal vent plume.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-21339-5
View details for PubMedID 33619262
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Dissolved Trace Metals in the Ross Sea
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
2020; 7
View details for DOI 10.3389/fmars.2020.577098
View details for Web of Science ID 000585735100001
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Comparison of Cloud-Filling Algorithms for Marine Satellite Data
REMOTE SENSING
2020; 12 (20)
View details for DOI 10.3390/rs12203313
View details for Web of Science ID 000585680200001
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Summer High-Wind Events and Phytoplankton Productivity in the Arctic Ocean
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2020; 125 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2020JC016565
View details for Web of Science ID 000576619900004
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Environmental drivers of under-ice phytoplankton bloom dynamics in the Arctic Ocean
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
2020; 8
View details for DOI 10.1525/elementa.430
View details for Web of Science ID 000547946800001
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Iron from melting glaciers fuels the phytoplankton blooms in Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): iron biogeochemistry (vol 71, pg 16, 2012)
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2020; 177
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104843
View details for Web of Science ID 000571475200005
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Unusual marine cyanobacteria/haptophyte symbiosis relies on N2 fixation even in N-rich environments.
The ISME journal
2020
Abstract
The microbial fixation of N2 is the largest source of biologically available nitrogen (N) to the oceans. However, it is the most energetically expensive N-acquisition process and is believed inhibited when less energetically expensive forms, like dissolved inorganic N (DIN), are available. Curiously, the cosmopolitan N2-fixing UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis grows in DIN-replete waters, but the sensitivity of their N2 fixation to DIN is unknown. We used stable isotope incubations, catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescence in-situ hybridization (CARD-FISH), and nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (nanoSIMS), to investigate the N source used by the haptophyte host and sensitivity of UCYN-A N2 fixation in DIN-replete waters. We demonstrate that under our experimental conditions, the haptophyte hosts of two UCYN-A sublineages do not assimilate nitrate (NO3-) and meet little of their N demands via ammonium (NH4+) uptake. Instead the UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis relies on UCYN-A N2 fixation to supply large portions of the haptophyte's N requirements, even under DIN-replete conditions. Furthermore, UCYN-A N2 fixation rates, and haptophyte host carbon fixation rates, were at times stimulated by NO3- additions in N-limited waters suggesting a link between the activities of the bulk phytoplankton assemblage and the UCYN-A/haptophyte symbiosis. The results suggest N2 fixation may be an evolutionarily viable strategy for diazotroph-eukaryote symbioses, even in N-rich coastal or high latitude waters.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41396-020-0691-6
View details for PubMedID 32523086
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Climate effects on temporal and spatial dynamics of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Barents Sea
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2020; 185
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102320
View details for Web of Science ID 000538104400002
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Analysis of Iron Sources in Antarctic Continental Shelf Waters
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2020; 125 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2019JC015736
View details for Web of Science ID 000548601000034
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Synergistic interactions among growing stressors increase risk to an Arctic ecosystem.
Nature communications
2020; 11 (1): 6255
Abstract
Oceans provide critical ecosystem services, but are subject to a growing number of external pressures, including overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction, and climate change. Current models typically treat stressors on species and ecosystems independently, though in reality, stressors often interact in ways that are not well understood. Here, we use a network interaction model (OSIRIS) to explicitly study stressor interactions in the Chukchi Sea (Arctic Ocean) due to its extensive climate-driven loss of sea ice and accelerated growth of other stressors, including shipping and oil exploration. The model includes numerous trophic levels ranging from phytoplankton to polar bears. We find that climate-related stressors have a larger impact on animal populations than do acute stressors like increased shipping and subsistence harvesting. In particular, organisms with a strong temperature-growth rate relationship show the greatest changes in biomass as interaction strength increased, but also exhibit the greatest variability. Neglecting interactions between stressors vastly underestimates the risk of population crashes. Our results indicate that models must account for stressor interactions to enable responsible management and decision-making.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-19899-z
View details for PubMedID 33288746
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Changes in phytoplankton concentration now drive increased Arctic Ocean primary production.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
2020; 369 (6500): 198–202
Abstract
Historically, sea ice loss in the Arctic Ocean has promoted increased phytoplankton primary production because of the greater open water area and a longer growing season. However, debate remains about whether primary production will continue to rise should sea ice decline further. Using an ocean color algorithm parameterized for the Arctic Ocean, we show that primary production increased by 57% between 1998 and 2018. Surprisingly, whereas increases were due to widespread sea ice loss during the first decade, the subsequent rise in primary production was driven primarily by increased phytoplankton biomass, which was likely sustained by an influx of new nutrients. This suggests a future Arctic Ocean that can support higher trophic-level production and additional carbon export.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.aay8380
View details for PubMedID 32647002
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Light Is the Primary Driver of Early Season Phytoplankton Production Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2019
View details for DOI 10.1029/2019JC015295
View details for Web of Science ID 000494920600001
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The organic complexation of iron in the Ross sea
MARINE CHEMISTRY
2019; 215
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marchem.2019.103672
View details for Web of Science ID 000484876200006
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Effects of iron and light availability on phytoplankton photosynthetic properties in the Ross Sea
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2019; 621: 33–50
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps13000
View details for Web of Science ID 000485734200003
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Publisher Correction: Ecological control of nitrite in the upper ocean.
Nature communications
2019; 10 (1): 4618
Abstract
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-12252-z
View details for PubMedID 31601794
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Photoacclimation of Arctic Ocean phytoplankton to shifting light and nutrient limitation
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2019; 64 (1): 284–301
View details for DOI 10.1002/lno.11039
View details for Web of Science ID 000456720900020
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Nitrogen Limitation of the Summer Phytoplankton and Heterotrophic Prokaryote Communities in the Chukchi Sea
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
2018; 5
View details for DOI 10.3389/fmars.2018.00362
View details for Web of Science ID 000457523900001
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Drivers of Ice Algal Bloom Variability Between 1980 and 2015 in the Chukchi Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2018; 123 (10): 7037–52
View details for DOI 10.1029/2018JC014123
View details for Web of Science ID 000451274900004
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Ice algal communities in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in spring and early summer: Composition, distribution, and coupling with phytoplankton assemblages
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2018; 63 (3): 1109–33
View details for DOI 10.1002/lno.10757
View details for Web of Science ID 000432019600005
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Exploring the Potential Impact of Greenland Meltwater on Stratification, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, and Primary Production in the Labrador Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2018; 123 (4): 2570–91
View details for DOI 10.1002/2018JC013802
View details for Web of Science ID 000434131900015
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Ecological control of nitrite in the upper ocean
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2018; 9: 1206
Abstract
Microorganisms oxidize organic nitrogen to nitrate in a series of steps. Nitrite, an intermediate product, accumulates at the base of the sunlit layer in the subtropical ocean, forming a primary nitrite maximum, but can accumulate throughout the sunlit layer at higher latitudes. We model nitrifying chemoautotrophs in a marine ecosystem and demonstrate that microbial community interactions can explain the nitrite distributions. Our theoretical framework proposes that nitrite can accumulate to a higher concentration than ammonium because of differences in underlying redox chemistry and cell size between ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing chemoautotrophs. Using ocean circulation models, we demonstrate that nitrifying microorganisms are excluded in the sunlit layer when phytoplankton are nitrogen-limited, but thrive at depth when phytoplankton become light-limited, resulting in nitrite accumulation there. However, nitrifying microorganisms may coexist in the sunlit layer when phytoplankton are iron- or light-limited (often in higher latitudes). These results improve understanding of the controls on nitrification, and provide a framework for representing chemoautotrophs and their biogeochemical effects in ocean models.
View details for PubMedID 29572474
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Under-Ice Phytoplankton Blooms Inhibited by Spring Convective Mixing in Refreezing Leads
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2018; 123 (1): 90–109
View details for DOI 10.1002/2016JC012575
View details for Web of Science ID 000425589800007
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Early Spring Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Western Antarctic Peninsula
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2017; 122 (12): 9350–69
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017JC013281
View details for Web of Science ID 000422732100003
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Differential effects of nitrate, ammonium, and urea as N sources for microbial communities in the North Pacific Ocean
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2017; 62 (6): 2550–74
View details for DOI 10.1002/lno.10590
View details for Web of Science ID 000415930800015
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Late Spring Nitrate Distributions Beneath the Ice-Covered Northeastern Chukchi Shelf
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
2017; 122 (9): 2409–17
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017JG003881
View details for Web of Science ID 000412729100016
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Melting glaciers stimulate large summer phytoplankton blooms in southwest Greenland waters
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2017; 44 (12): 6278–85
View details for DOI 10.1002/2017GL073583
View details for Web of Science ID 000405854200047
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Regional chlorophyll a algorithms in the Arctic Ocean and their effect on satellite-derived primary production estimates
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2016; 130: 14-27
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.04.020
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Mass balance estimates of carbon export in different water masses of the Chukchi Sea shelf
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2016; 130: 88-99
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.05.003
View details for Web of Science ID 000381592900008
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Spatial analysis of trends in primary production and relationship with large-scale climate variability in the Ross Sea, Antarctica (1997-2013)
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2016; 121 (1): 368-386
View details for DOI 10.1002/2015JC011014
View details for Web of Science ID 000371432200022
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Sources of iron in the Ross Sea Polynya in early summer
MARINE CHEMISTRY
2015; 177: 447-459
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000366788600005
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Iron supply and demand in an Antarctic shelf ecosystem
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2015; 42 (19): 8088-8097
View details for DOI 10.1002/2015GL065727
View details for Web of Science ID 000363695500029
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Environmental controls of marine productivity hot spots around Antarctica
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2015; 120 (8): 5545-5565
View details for DOI 10.1002/2015JC010888
View details for Web of Science ID 000362653600015
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The influence of winter water on phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 53-72
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.06.006
View details for Web of Science ID 000360255300006
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Continued increases in Arctic Ocean primary production
PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 136: 60-70
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.05.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000358626900005
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Characterizing the subsurface chlorophyll a maximum in the Chukchi Sea and Canada Basin
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 88-104
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.010
View details for Web of Science ID 000360255300008
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Impacts of low phytoplankton NO3- :PO43- utilization ratios over the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Ocean
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2015; 118: 105-121
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.007
View details for Web of Science ID 000360255300009
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Evidence of under-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea from 1998 to 2012
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 105-117
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.013
View details for Web of Science ID 000338978700008
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Response of marine bacterioplankton to a massive under-ice phytoplankton bloom in the Chukchi Sea (Western Arctic Ocean)
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 74-84
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.015
View details for Web of Science ID 000338978700006
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Phytoplankton blooms beneath the sea ice in the Chukchi sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2014; 105: 1-16
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.018
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Productivity in the Barents Sea - Response to Recent Climate Variability
PLOS ONE
2014; 9 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0095273
View details for Web of Science ID 000335510600031
View details for PubMedID 24788513
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Productivity in the barents sea--response to recent climate variability.
PloS one
2014; 9 (5)
Abstract
The temporal and spatial dynamics of primary and secondary biomass/production in the Barents Sea since the late 1990s are examined using remote sensing data, observations and a coupled physical-biological model. Field observations of mesozooplankton biomass, and chlorophyll a data from transects (different seasons) and large-scale surveys (autumn) were used for validation of the remote sensing products and modeling results. The validation showed that satellite data are well suited to study temporal and spatial dynamics of chlorophyll a in the Barents Sea and that the model is an essential tool for secondary production estimates. Temperature, open water area, chlorophyll a, and zooplankton biomass show large interannual variations in the Barents Sea. The climatic variability is strongest in the northern and eastern parts. The moderate increase in net primary production evident in this study is likely an ecosystem response to changes in climate during the same period. Increased open water area and duration of open water season, which are related to elevated temperatures, appear to be the key drivers of the changes in annual net primary production that has occurred in the northern and eastern areas of this ecosystem. The temporal and spatial variability in zooplankton biomass appears to be controlled largely by predation pressure. In the southeastern Barents Sea, statistically significant linkages were observed between chlorophyll a and zooplankton biomass, as well as between net primary production and fish biomass, indicating bottom-up trophic interactions in this region.
View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0095273
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Light and nutrient control of photosynthesis in natural phytoplankton populations from the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, Arctic Ocean
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2013; 58 (6): 2185-2205
View details for DOI 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2185
View details for Web of Science ID 000327395400023
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Long-term trends of upwelling and impacts on primary productivity in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS
2013; 79: 106-121
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.003
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Insignificant buffering capacity of Antarctic shelf carbonates
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
2013; 27 (1): 11-20
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011GB004211
View details for Web of Science ID 000318275300002
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Photoacclimation and non-photochemical quenching under in situ irradiance in natural phytoplankton assemblages from the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
2013; 475: 15-?
View details for DOI 10.3354/meps10097
View details for Web of Science ID 000314935000002
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Patterns and controlling factors of species diversity in the Arctic Ocean
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
2012; 39 (11): 2081-2088
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02758.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000310266600016
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Iron from melting glaciers fuels phytoplankton blooms in the Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Phytoplankton characteristics and productivity
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 32-48
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.005
View details for Web of Science ID 000305720600004
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Phytoplankton biomass and pigment responses to Fe amendments in the Pine Island and Amundsen polynyas
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 61-76
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.008
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Key role of organic complexation of iron in sustaining phytoplankton blooms in the Pine Island and Amundsen Polynyas (Southern Ocean)
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 49-60
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.009
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Annual changes in sea ice and phytoplankton in polynyas of the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 5-15
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.006
View details for Web of Science ID 000305720600002
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Iron from melting glaciers fuels the phytoplankton blooms in Amundsen Sea (Southern Ocean): Iron biogeochemistry
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 71-76: 16-31
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.03.007
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ASPIRE The Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition
OCEANOGRAPHY
2012; 25 (3): 40-53
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Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice
SCIENCE
2012; 336 (6087): 1408-1408
Abstract
Phytoplankton blooms over Arctic Ocean continental shelves are thought to be restricted to waters free of sea ice. Here, we document a massive phytoplankton bloom beneath fully consolidated pack ice far from the ice edge in the Chukchi Sea, where light transmission has increased in recent decades because of thinning ice cover and proliferation of melt ponds. The bloom was characterized by high diatom biomass and rates of growth and primary production. Evidence suggests that under-ice phytoplankton blooms may be more widespread over nutrient-rich Arctic continental shelves and that satellite-based estimates of annual primary production in these waters may be underestimated by up to 10-fold.
View details for DOI 10.1126/science.1215065
View details for Web of Science ID 000305211700035
View details for PubMedID 22678359
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Mapping phytoplankton iron utilization: Insights into Southern Ocean supply mechanisms
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2012; 117
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JC007726
View details for Web of Science ID 000305383700001
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THE EFFECT OF IRON LIMITATION ON THE PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY OF PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER DYNAMIC IRRADIANCE
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2012; 48 (1): 45-59
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01098.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000299730600004
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THE EFFECT OF IRON LIMITATION ON THE PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY OF PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER DYNAMIC IRRADIANCE(1).
Journal of phycology
2012; 48 (1): 45-59
Abstract
The effects of iron limitation on photoacclimation to dynamic irradiance were studied in Phaeocystis antarctica G. Karst. and Fragilariopsis cylindrus (Grunow) W. Krieg. in terms of growth rate, photosynthetic parameters, pigment composition, and fluorescence characteristics. Under dynamic light conditions mimicking vertical mixing below the euphotic zone, P. antarctica displayed higher growth rates than F. cylindrus both under iron (Fe)-replete and Fe-limiting conditions. Both species showed xanthophyll de-epoxidation that was accompanied by low levels of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) during the irradiance maximum of the light cycle. The potential for NPQ at light levels corresponding to full sunlight was substantial in both species and increased under Fe limitation in F. cylindrus. Although the decline in Fv /Fm under Fe limitation was similar in both species, the accompanying decrease in the maximum rate of photosynthesis and growth rate was much stronger in F. cylindrus. Analysis of the electron transport rates through PSII and on to carbon (C) fixation revealed a large potential for photoprotective cyclic electron transport (CET) in F. cylindrus, particularly under Fe limitation. Probably, CET aided the photoprotection in F. cylindrus, but it also reduced photosynthetic efficiency at higher light intensities. P. antarctica, on the other hand, was able to efficiently use electrons flowing through PSII for C fixation at all light levels, particularly under Fe limitation. Thus, Fe limitation enhanced the photophysiological differences between P. antarctica and diatoms, supporting field observations where P. antarctica is found to dominate deeply mixed water columns, whereas diatoms dominate shallower mixed layers.
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01098.x
View details for PubMedID 27009649
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Primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean: Impacts of complex optical properties and subsurface chlorophyll maxima on large-scale estimates
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JC007273
View details for Web of Science ID 000297271000005
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Secular trends in Arctic Ocean net primary production
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2011JC007151
View details for Web of Science ID 000295132500001
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A reassessment of primary production and environmental change in the Bering Sea
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2011; 116
View details for DOI 10.1029/2010JC006766
View details for Web of Science ID 000294133300001
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Responses of psbA, hli and ptox genes to changes in irradiance in marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus
AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
2011; 65 (1): 1-14
View details for DOI 10.3354/ame01528
View details for Web of Science ID 000297117200001
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Influence of atmospheric nutrients on primary productivity in a coastal upwelling region
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
2010; 24
View details for DOI 10.1029/2009GB003737
View details for Web of Science ID 000285257000001
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PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY IN TWO SOUTHERN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON TAXA: PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) UNDER SIMULATED MIXED-LAYER IRRADIANCE
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2010; 46 (6): 1114-1127
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00923.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000284854100007
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STRATEGIES AND RATES OF PHOTOACCLIMATION IN TWO MAJOR SOUTHERN OCEAN PHYTOPLANKTON TAXA: PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA (HAPTOPHYTA) AND FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
2010; 46 (6): 1138-1151
View details for DOI 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00922.x
View details for Web of Science ID 000284854100009
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Photophysiology in Two Major Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Taxa: Photosynthesis and Growth of Phaeocystis antarctica and Fragilariopsis cylindrus under Different Irradiance Levels
Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 2010: 950–66
Abstract
The Ross Sea, Antarctica, supports two distinct populations of phytoplankton, one that grows well in sea ice and blooms in the shallow mixed layers of the Western marginal ice zone and the other that can be found in sea ice but thrives in the deeply mixed layers of the Ross Sea. Dominated by diatoms (e.g. Fragilariopsis cylindrus) and the prymnesiophyte Phaeocystis antarctica, respectively, the processes leading to the development of these different phytoplankton assemblages are not well known. The goal of this article was to gain a better understanding of the photophysiological characteristics that allow each taxon to dominate its specific habitat. Cultures of F. cylindrus and P. antarctica were each grown semi-continuously at four different constant irradiances (5, 25, 65, and 125 µmol quanta/m2/s). Fragilariopsis cylindrus produced far less photosynthetic pigment per cell than did P. antarctica but much more photoprotective pigment. Fragilariopsis cylindrus also exhibited substantially lower rates of photosynthesis and growth but also was far less susceptible to photoinhibition of cell growth. Excess photosynthetic capacity, a measure of the ability of phytoplankton to exploit variable light environments, was significantly higher in both strains of P. antarctica than in F. cylindrus. The combination of these characteristics suggests that F. cylindrus has a competitive advantage under conditions where mixed layers are shallow and light levels are relatively constant and high. In contrast, P. antarctica should dominate waters where mixed layers are deep and light levels are variable. These results are consistent with distributions of phytoplankton in the Ross Sea and suggest that light is the primary factor determining composition of phytoplankton communities.
View details for DOI 10.1093/icb/icq021
View details for Web of Science ID 000284430400005
View details for PubMedID 21558252
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Air-sea flux of CO2 in the Arctic Ocean, 1998-2003
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES
2010; 115
View details for DOI 10.1029/2009JG001224
View details for Web of Science ID 000284221100001
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Contrasting spring and summer phytoplankton dynamics in the nearshore Southern California Bight
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2010; 55 (1): 264-278
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Photophysiology in two major Southern Ocean phytoplankton taxa: Photoprotection in Phaeocystis antarctica and Fragilariopsis cylindrus
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
2009; 54 (4): 1176-1196
View details for Web of Science ID 000268325100014
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Coastal Southern Ocean: A strong anthropogenic CO2 sink
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2008; 35 (21)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2008GL035624
View details for Web of Science ID 000260789200002
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Impact of a shrinking Arctic ice cover on marine primary production
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2008; 35 (19)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2008GL035028
View details for Web of Science ID 000259803200003
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Primary production in the Southern Ocean, 1997-2006
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2008; 113 (C8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2007JC004551
View details for Web of Science ID 000258340500002
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Primary production in the Arctic Ocean, 1998-2006
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2008; 113 (C8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2007JC004578
View details for Web of Science ID 000258340500003
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Alternative photosynthetic electron flow to oxygen in marine Synechococcus
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
2008; 1777 (3): 269-276
Abstract
Cyanobacteria dominate the world's oceans where iron is often barely detectable. One manifestation of low iron adaptation in the oligotrophic marine environment is a decrease in levels of iron-rich photosynthetic components, including the reaction center of photosystem I and the cytochrome b6f complex [R.F. Strzepek and P.J. Harrison, Photosynthetic architecture differs in coastal and oceanic diatoms, Nature 431 (2004) 689-692.]. These thylakoid membrane components have well characterised roles in linear and cyclic photosynthetic electron transport and their low abundance creates potential impediments to photosynthetic function. Here we show that the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus WH8102 exhibits significant alternative electron flow to O2, a potential adaptation to the low iron environment in oligotrophic oceans. This alternative electron flow appears to extract electrons from the intersystem electron transport chain, prior to photosystem I. Inhibitor studies demonstrate that a propyl gallate-sensitive oxidase mediates this flow of electrons to oxygen, which in turn alleviates excessive photosystem II excitation pressure that can often occur even at relatively low irradiance. These findings are also discussed in the context of satisfying the energetic requirements of the cell when photosystem I abundance is low.
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.01.002
View details for Web of Science ID 000254674600004
View details for PubMedID 18241667
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Interannual variation in air-sea CO2 flux in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: A model analysis
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2007; 112 (C3)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2006JC003492
View details for Web of Science ID 000245554800001
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Increased exposure of Southern Ocean phytoplankton to ultraviolet radiation
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2004; 31 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2004GL019633
View details for Web of Science ID 000221333200005
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Annual cycles of sea ice and phytoplankton in Cape Bathurst polynya, southeastern Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2004; 31 (8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2003GL018978
View details for Web of Science ID 000221085800001
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Annual changes in sea-ice, chlorophyll a, and primary production in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
2004; 51 (1-3): 117-138
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2003.04.003
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Phytoplankton dynamics within 37 Antarctic coastal polynya systems
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2003; 108 (C8)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2002JC001739
View details for Web of Science ID 000184999900004
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Impact of iceberg C-19 on Ross Sea primary production
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2003; 30 (16)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2003GL017721
View details for Web of Science ID 000184998200002
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Impact of a deep ozone hole on Southern Ocean primary production
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
2003; 108 (C5)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2001JC001226
View details for Web of Science ID 000183179200001
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A comparison between excess barium and barite as indicators of carbon export
PALEOCEANOGRAPHY
2003; 18 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2002PA000793
View details for Web of Science ID 000182820500001
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Ecological impact of a large Antarctic iceberg
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2002; 29 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1029/2001GL014160
View details for Web of Science ID 000178886700056