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Algal bloom in a melt pond on Canada Basin pack ice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2015

Ling Lin ,
Jianfeng He ,
Fang Zhang ,
Shunan Cao  and
Can Zhang
Ling Lin
Affiliation:
East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China and SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China ([email protected])
Jianfeng He
Affiliation:
SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China
Fang Zhang
Affiliation:
SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China
Shunan Cao
Affiliation:
SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China
Can Zhang
Affiliation:
SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230022, China
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Abstract

Melt ponds are common on the surface of ice floes in the Arctic Ocean during spring and summer. Few studies on melt pond algae communities have been accomplished. These studies have shown that these melt ponds were ultra-oligotrophic, and contribute little to overall productivity. However, during the 6th Chinese Arctic Cruise in the Arctic Ocean in summer 2014, a closed coloured melt pond with a chlorophyll a concentration of 15.32 μg/L was observed on Arctic pack ice in the Canada Basin. The bloom was caused by the chlorophyte Carteria lunzensis at an abundance of 15.49×106 cells/L and biomass of 5.07 mg C/L. Primary production within surface melt ponds may need more attention along with Arctic warming.

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Polar Record , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 114 - 117
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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