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Krill Euphausia-Superba; Sea-Ice Extent; Southern-Ocean Climate; Austral Spring Bloom; Crab-Eater Seals; Ross Sea; Bransfield Strait; Continental-Shelf; Scotia Sea; Phytoplankton Assemblages
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Temporal And Vertical Dynamics In Picoplankton Photoheterotrophic Production In The Subtropical North Pacific Ocean, Matthew Church, Hugh Ducklow, Rm Letelier, David Karl
Temporal And Vertical Dynamics In Picoplankton Photoheterotrophic Production In The Subtropical North Pacific Ocean, Matthew Church, Hugh Ducklow, Rm Letelier, David Karl
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The marine ecosystem of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) extends from the Bellingshausen Sea to the northern tip of the peninsula and from the mostly glaciated coast across the continental shelf to the shelf break in the west. The glacially sculpted coastline along the peninsula is highly convoluted and characterized by deep embayments that are often interconnected by channels that facilitate transport of heat and nutrients into the shelf domain. The ecosystem is divided into three subregions, the continental slope, shelf and coastal regions, each with unique ocean dynamics, water mass and biological distributions. The WAP shelf lies within the …