Numerous coastal polynyas fringe the Antarctic continent and strongly influence the productivity of Antarctic shelf systems. Of the 46 Antarctic coastal polynyas documented in a recent study, the Amundsen Sea Polynya (ASP) stands out as having the highest net primary production per unit area. Incubation experiments suggest that this productivity is partly controlled by the availability of dissolved iron (dFe). As a first step toward understanding the iron supply of the ASP, we introduce four pla...
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Location: The study area is the continental shelf of the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, 71-75S, 100-130W.
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St-Laurent, P., Hofmann, E. E., Sherrell, R. M., Stammerjohn, S. E., Yager, P. L., Biddle, M., York, A. D. (2022) Numerical model simulating the sea ice and ocean conditions in the Amundsen Sea over the period Jan. 1, 2006 to Dec. 31, 2013. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2022-02-08 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.729546.1 [access date]
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