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Antarctic pack ice algal distribution: Floe-scale spatial variability and predictability from physical parameters

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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 44, 期 14, 页码 7382-7390

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AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074346

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  1. PACES (Polar Regions and Coasts in a changing Earth System) program of the Alfred Wegener Institute
  2. Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
  3. Helmholtz Virtual Institute PolarTime [VH-VI-500]
  4. Helmholtz Alliance Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics [HA-310]
  5. Australian Government [4073, 4298]
  6. Cooperative Research Centers Programme through the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC)
  7. Antarctic Gateway Partnership special research initiative through the Australian Research Council

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Antarctic pack ice serves as habitat for microalgae which contribute to Southern Ocean primary production and serve as important food source for pelagic herbivores. Ice algal biomass is highly patchy and remains severely undersampled by classical methods such as spatially restricted ice coring surveys. Here we provide an unprecedented view of ice algal biomass distribution, mapped (as chlorophyll a) in a 100 m by 100 m area of a Weddell Sea pack ice floe, using under-ice irradiance measurements taken with an instrumented remotely operated vehicle. We identified significant correlations (p < 0.001) between algal biomass and concomitant in situ surface measurements of snow depth, ice thickness, and estimated sea ice freeboard levels using a statistical model. The model's explanatory power (r(2) = 0.30) indicates that these parameters alone may provide a first basis for spatial prediction of ice algal biomass, but parameterization of additional determinants is needed to inform more robust upscaling efforts.

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