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Seasonal and spatial patterns of primary production in a high-latitude fjord affected by Greenland Ice Sheet run-off
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, bldg.
1540, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600,
Silkeborg, Denmark
Stiig Markager
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, bldg.
1540, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399,
4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Thomas Juul-Pedersen
Greenland Climate Research Centre, Greenland Institute of Natural
Resources, Kivioq 2, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Maria L. Paulsen
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, bldg.
1540, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600,
Silkeborg, Denmark
Eva F. Møller
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, bldg.
1540, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399,
4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Lorenz Meire
Greenland Climate Research Centre, Greenland Institute of Natural
Resources, Kivioq 2, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, NIOZ Royal Netherlands
Institute of Sea Research and Utrecht University, Yerseke, the Netherlands
Mikael K. Sejr
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, bldg.
1540, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600,
Silkeborg, Denmark
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Phytoplankton sustain important fisheries along the coast of Greenland. However, climate change is causing severe melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and continued melting has the potential to alter fjord ecosystems. We investigate how freshwater from the ice sheet is impacting the environment of one fjord in northeast Greenland, causing a low production of phytoplankton. This fjord may be a model for how some fjord ecosystems will be altered following increased melting and glacial retreat.
Phytoplankton sustain important fisheries along the coast of Greenland. However, climate change...
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