Southern Ocean phytoplankton dynamics and carbon export: insights from a seasonal cycle approach

SJ Thomalla, M Du Plessis… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Quantifying the strength and efficiency of the Southern Ocean biological carbon pump (BCP)
and its response to predicted changes in the Earth's climate is fundamental to our ability to …

Latitudinal trends in drivers of the Southern Ocean spring bloom onset

TL Schlosser, PG Strutton, K Baker… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southern Ocean spring phytoplankton bloom impacts regional food webs and
the marine carbon cycle, but we do not fully understand which drivers—environmental …

Phytoplankton dynamics in the Antarctic marginal ice zone: Trends and drivers

P Prakash, R Mohan, RK Naik, AJ Luis - Journal of Marine Systems, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Ocean's Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) plays a crucial role in carbon cycling
through its influence on phytoplankton biomass and distribution. Here we investigate the …

Exploring the relationship between sea ice and phytoplankton growth in the Weddell Gyre using satellite and Argo float data

CC Douglas, N Briggs, P Brown, G MacGilchrist… - Ocean …, 2024 - os.copernicus.org
Some of the highest rates of primary production across the Southern Ocean occur in the
seasonal ice zone (SIZ), making this a prominent area of importance for both local …

BIOPERIANT12: a mesoscale resolving coupled physics-biogeochemical model for the Southern Ocean

N Chang, SA Nicholson, M du Plessis… - Geoscientific Model …, 2024 - gmd.copernicus.org
We present BIOPERIANT12, a regional model configuration of the Southern Ocean (SO) at a
mesoscale-resolving 1/12°. This is a stable, ocean–ice–biogeochemical configuration …

Bacterial Community Structure in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica

S Bartlett - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This study used ocean observations, 16 rRNA, and taxonomic insights to understand the
relationships between meltwater-modified ocean circulation, iron supply, and pelagic …