Correlations among phytoplankton biomass, sea ice and wind speed in Barents Sea and the future climate trends
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Gabric, Albert J
Zeng, Meifang
Liu, Xiao
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Global climate closely links with the Arctic Ocean ecosystem especially in the Barents Sea. The distributions and correlations among chlorophyll-a (CHL), sea ice concentration (ICE), wind speed (WIND), sea surface temperature (SST) and mixed layer depth (MLD) are studied within the region of Barents Sea (70°N-80°N, 30°E−40°E) over the period 2003–2013. CHL increased from north to south in general. Ice melted rapidly in the southern region (70°N-75°N) and had less impact than SST on phytoplankton blooming. Melting ice in northern region (75°N-80°N) contributed significant source on phytoplankton development. WIND had negative correlations with CHL in spring blooming season and had positive correlations during autumn.
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Polar Science
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24
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Physical sciences
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Qu, B; Gabric, AJ; Zeng, M; Liu, X, Correlations among phytoplankton biomass, sea ice and wind speed in Barents Sea and the future climate trends, Polar Science, 2020, 24, pp. 100525