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SCIENCE
Volume 339, Issue 6126, Pages 1430-1432Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1231346
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- PACES (Polar Regions and Coasts in a Changing Earth System) program of the Helmholtz Association
- European Research Council [294757]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Bundesministerium fur Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie [03F0605E]
- European Research Council (ERC) [294757] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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In the Arctic, under-ice primary production is limited to summer months and is restricted not only by ice thickness and snow cover but also by the stratification of the water column, which constrains nutrient supply for algal growth. Research Vessel Polarstern visited the ice-covered eastern-central basins between 82 degrees to 89 degrees N and 30 degrees to 130 degrees E in summer 2012, when Arctic sea ice declined to a record minimum. During this cruise, we observed a widespread deposition of ice algal biomass of on average 9 grams of carbon per square meter to the deep-sea floor of the central Arctic basins. Data from this cruise will contribute to assessing the effect of current climate change on Arctic productivity, biodiversity, and ecological function.
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