Influence of timing of sea ice retreat on phytoplankton size  during marginal ice zone bloom period on the Chukchi and Bering shelves

Fujiwara, A.; Hirawake, T.; Suzuki, K.; Eisner, L.; Imai, I.; Nishino, S.; Kikuchi, T.; Saitoh, S.-I.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-115-2016

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15 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2016

Influence of timing of sea ice retreat on phytoplankton size during marginal ice zone bloom period on the Chukchi and Bering shelves

A. Fujiwara, T. Hirawake, K. Suzuki, L. Eisner, I. Imai, S. Nishino, T. Kikuchi, and S.-I. Saitoh

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RC C4669: 'Fujiwara et al. review', Anonymous Referee #3, 25 Aug 2015
- RC C4875: 'Influence of timing of sea ice retreat on phytoplankton size during marginal ice zone bloom period in the Chukchi and Bering shelves', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Sep 2015
  - AC C7734: 'Response to referee #1', Amane Fujiwara, 17 Nov 2015
- AC C7732: 'Response to referee #3', Amane Fujiwara, 17 Nov 2015

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (10 Dec 2015) by Jacqueline Grebmeier

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Short summary

This study provides the general relationship between the timing of sea ice retreat and phytoplankton size structure during the marginal ice zone bloom period in the Chukchi and Bering shelves using a satellite remote sensing approach. We also found that not only the length of the ice-free season but also the annual phytoplankton size composition positively correlated with annual net primary production.