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Article Dans Une Revue The Cryosphere Discussions Année : 2015

Antarctic slush-ice algal accumulation not quantified through conventional satellite imagery: Beware the ice of March

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Our current knowledge of broad-scale patterns of primary production in the Southern Ocean is derived from satellite ocean-colour estimates of chlorophyll a (Chl a) in the open ocean, typically in spring-summer. Here, we provide evidence that large-scale intra-ice phytoplankton surface aggregation occur off the coast of Antarctica during austral autumn, and that these "blooms" are largely undetected in satellite ocean-colour time series (which mask the ice-covered ocean). We present an analysis of (i) true-colour (visible) satellite imagery in combination with (ii) conventional ocean-colour data, and (iii) direct sampling from a research vessel, to identify and characterise a large-scale intra-ice algal occurrence off the coast of East Antarctica in early autumn (March) 2012. We also present evidence of these autumn "blooms" in other regions (for example, Princess Astrid Coast in 2012) and other years (for example, Terra Nova Bay in 2015) implying regular and widespread occurrence of these phenomena. The occurrence of such undetected algal accumulations implies that the magnitude of primary production in the Southern Ocean is currently underestimated.

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hal-04114681 , version 1 (02-06-2023)

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J. L. Lieser, M. A. J. Curran, A. R. Bowie, A. T. Davidson, S. J. Doust, et al.. Antarctic slush-ice algal accumulation not quantified through conventional satellite imagery: Beware the ice of March. The Cryosphere Discussions, 2015, 9, pp.6187-6222. ⟨10.5194/tcd-9-6187-2015⟩. ⟨hal-04114681⟩
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