The Pan-Arctic continental slope: Sharp gradients of physical processes affect pelagic and benthic ecosystems

BA Bluhm, MA Janout, SL Danielson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Continental slopes–steep regions between the shelf break and abyssal ocean–play key
roles in the climatology and ecology of the Arctic Ocean. Here, through review and …

Biomolecular composition of sea ice microalgae and its influence on marine biogeochemical cycling and carbon transfer through polar marine food webs

RJ Duncan, K Petrou - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microalgae growing on the underside of sea ice are key primary producers in polar marine
environments. Their nutritional status, determined by their macromolecular composition …

Changes in Arctic stratification and mixed layer depth cycle: A modeling analysis

R Hordoir, Ø Skagseth, RB Ingvaldsen… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is especially strong in the region of the Arctic Ocean, and will have an
important impact on its thermo‐haline structure. We analyze the results of a hindcast …

A comprehensive satellite-based assessment across the Pacific Arctic Distributed Biological Observatory shows widespread late-season sea surface warming and sea …

KE Frey, JC Comiso, LV Stock, LNC Young… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Massive declines in sea ice cover and widespread warming seawaters across the Pacific
Arctic region over the past several decades have resulted in profound shifts in marine …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic Ocean acidification over the 21st century co-driven by anthropogenic carbon increases and freshening in the CMIP6 model ensemble

J Terhaar, O Torres, T Bourgeois… - Biogeosciences, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
The uptake of anthropogenic carbon (C ant) by the ocean leads to ocean acidification,
causing the reduction of pH and the saturation states of aragonite (Ω arag) and calcite (Ω …

Surface salinity under transitioning ice cover in the Canada Basin: Climate model biases linked to vertical distribution of fresh water

E Rosenblum, R Fajber, JC Stroeve… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Canada Basin has exhibited a significant trend toward a fresher surface layer
and thus a more stratified upper‐ocean over the past three decades. State‐of‐the‐art ice …

Freshening leads to a three-decade trend of declining nutrients in the western Arctic Ocean

Y Zhuang, H Jin, WJ Cai, H Li, M Jin… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Rapid warming and sea-ice loss in the Arctic Ocean are among the most profound climatic
changes to have occurred in recent decades on Earth. Arctic Ocean biological production …

Taxonomic and abundance biases affect the record of marine eukaryotic plankton communities in sediment DNA archives

NL Nguyen, J Pawłowska… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (e DNA) preserved in marine sediments is increasingly being used to
study past ecosystems. However, little is known about how accurately marine biodiversity is …

Biogeochemical River Runoff Drives Intense Coastal Arctic Ocean CO2 Outgassing

C Bertin, D Carroll, D Menemenlis… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic warming alters land‐to‐sea fluxes of nutrients and organic matter, which impact air‐
sea carbon exchange. Here we use an ocean‐biogeochemical model of the southeastern …

Arctic Ocean water mass structure and circulation

B Rudels, E Carmack - Oceanography, 2022 - JSTOR
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world oceans, yet one whose currents and water
masses extend globally. It is an advection-dominated ocean in that currents import distinct …