Physical manifestations and ecological implications of Arctic Atlantification

RB Ingvaldsen, KM Assmann, R Primicerio… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
The Atlantic gateway to the Arctic Ocean is influenced by vigorous inflows of Atlantic Water.
The high-latitude impacts of these inflows have strengthened owing to climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: Abiotic interactions

J Chételat, MA McKinney, M Amyot, A Dastoor… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dramatic environmental shifts are occuring throughout the Arctic from climate change, with
consequences for the cycling of mercury (Hg). This review summarizes the latest science on …

Arctic spring awakening–Steering principles behind the phenology of vernal ice algal blooms

E Leu, CJ Mundy, P Assmy, K Campbell… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Marine ecosystems at high latitudes are characterized by extreme seasonal changes in light
conditions, as well as a limited period of high primary production during spring and early …

Global and regional drivers of nutrient supply, primary production and CO2 drawdown in the changing Arctic Ocean

JÉ Tremblay, LG Anderson, P Matrai, P Coupel… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
The main environmental factors driving spatial patterns, variability and change in primary
production (PP) in the Arctic Ocean are reviewed. While instantaneous PP rates are …

[HTML][HTML] In the dark: a review of ecosystem processes during the Arctic polar night

J Berge, PE Renaud, G Darnis, F Cottier, K Last… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Several recent lines of evidence indicate that the polar night is key to understanding Arctic
marine ecosystems. First, the polar night is not a period void of biological activity even …

Microalgal community structure and primary production in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice: A synthesis

MA Van Leeuwe, L Tedesco, KR Arrigo, P Assmy… - Elem Sci …, 2018 - online.ucpress.edu
Sea ice is one the largest biomes on earth, yet it is poorly described by biogeochemical and
climate models. In this paper, published and unpublished data on sympagic (ice-associated) …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected levels of biological activity during the polar night offer new perspectives on a warming Arctic

J Berge, M Daase, PE Renaud, WG Ambrose, G Darnis… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
The current understanding of Arctic ecosystems is deeply rooted in the classical view of a
bottom-up controlled system with strong physical forcing and seasonality in primary …

[HTML][HTML] Physical constrains and productivity in the future Arctic Ocean

D Slagstad, PFJ Wassmann, I Ellingsen - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Today's physical oceanography and primary and secondary production was investigated for
the entire Arctic Ocean (AO) with the physical-biologically coupled SINMOD model. To …

A tale of two basins: An integrated physical and biological perspective of the deep Arctic Ocean

BA Bluhm, KN Kosobokova, EC Carmack - Progress in Oceanography, 2015 - Elsevier
This review paper integrates the current knowledge, based on available literature, on the
physical and biological conditions of the Amerasian and Eurasian basins (AB, EB) of the …

[PDF][PDF] Arctic ocean primary productivity: The response of marine algae to climate warming and sea ice decline

KE Frey, JC Comiso, LW Cooper, JM Grebmeier… - Arctic Report Card, 2021 - par.nsf.gov
• All regions continue to exhibit positive trends over the 2003-21 period, with the strongest
trends in the Eurasian Arctic and Barents Sea.• During May 2021, a~ 1700 km long region …