Photosynthetic production in the central Arctic Ocean during the record sea-ice minimum in 2012

Fernández-Méndez, M.; Katlein, C.; Rabe, B.; Nicolaus, M.; Peeken, I.; Bakker, K.; Flores, H.; Boetius, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3525-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3525-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-3525-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

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09 Jun 2015

Research article |

| 09 Jun 2015

Photosynthetic production in the central Arctic Ocean during the record sea-ice minimum in 2012

M. Fernández-Méndez, C. Katlein, B. Rabe, M. Nicolaus, I. Peeken, K. Bakker, H. Flores, and A. Boetius

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RC C644: 'Review of Fernandez-Mendez bg-2014-624', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Mar 2015
- AC C1963: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Mar Fernández-Méndez, 08 May 2015
RC C708: 'Review of "Photosynthetic production in the Central Arctic during the record sea-ice minimum in 2012" by M. Fernández-Méndez et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Mar 2015
- AC C1972: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Mar Fernández-Méndez, 08 May 2015
RC C983: 'Review BGD-12-2897-2015', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Apr 2015
- AC C1979: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3', Mar Fernández-Méndez, 08 May 2015

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Photosynthetic production in the central Arctic Ocean is controlled by light availability below the ice, nitrate and silicate concentrations in the upper ocean, and the role of sub-ice algae that contributed up to 60% to primary production in summer 2012 during the record sea-ice minimum. As sea ice decreases, an overall change in Arctic PP would be foremost related to a change in the role of the ice algal production and nutrient availability.