Remote assessment of the fate of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean sea-ice zone

Satellites can observe marine phytoplankton, but observations are sparse in seasonally dark, cloudy environments like the Southern Ocean. These authors use Argo floats to track the fate of phytoplankton blooms off Antarctica and determine 10% of biomass is exported, while 90% is prey to grazing.

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Main Authors: Sébastien Moreau, Philip W. Boyd, Peter G. Strutton
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b93a23e804db4968aed06c9b478a832d
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