Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84

Phytoplankton pigments and oceanographic parameters were measured in water column under the fast ice near Syowa Station (69°00'S, 39°35'E) from February 1983 to January 1984. Water temperature and practical salinity ranged from -0.94 to -2.11℃ and from 32.42 to 34.70,respectively. After th...

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Main Authors: Hiroo Satoh, Kentaro Watanabe, Hiroshi Kanda, Eiji Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1986-03-01
Series:Antarctic Record
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15094/00008497
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author Hiroo Satoh
Kentaro Watanabe
Hiroshi Kanda
Eiji Takahashi
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Eiji Takahashi
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description Phytoplankton pigments and oceanographic parameters were measured in water column under the fast ice near Syowa Station (69°00'S, 39°35'E) from February 1983 to January 1984. Water temperature and practical salinity ranged from -0.94 to -2.11℃ and from 32.42 to 34.70,respectively. After the flowout of sea ice in May 1983,very unusual event in recent years, the water column was mixed vertically in June, and then supercooled surface water beneath the newly formed ice appeared in late July, which differed remarkably from the phenomena in the preceding year. In this study, maximum chlorophyll α concentration of 4.99mg/m^3 was recorded in middle February 1983,and it descreased in middle March. The winter minimum less than 0.1mg chl.α/m^3 was observed from June to October, and the concentration increased again after early December. The standing stocks of chlorophyll α in middle January of the present year (1984) were less than half of those in the preceding year (1983). This could be explained by smaller light penetration into the underlying water between spring and summer of 1983/84 probably due to thicker snow cover on the sea ice comparing to that in 1982/83.
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spelling doaj.art-90ce90a0d4384a2ca25a36ed21f90fab2022-12-21T22:48:24ZengNational Institute of Polar ResearchAntarctic Record0085-72892432-079X1986-03-01301193210.15094/00008497Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84Hiroo Satoh0Kentaro Watanabe1Hiroshi Kanda2Eiji Takahashi3Tokyo University of FisheriesNational Institute of Polar ResearchNational Institute of Polar ResearchDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe UniversityPhytoplankton pigments and oceanographic parameters were measured in water column under the fast ice near Syowa Station (69°00'S, 39°35'E) from February 1983 to January 1984. Water temperature and practical salinity ranged from -0.94 to -2.11℃ and from 32.42 to 34.70,respectively. After the flowout of sea ice in May 1983,very unusual event in recent years, the water column was mixed vertically in June, and then supercooled surface water beneath the newly formed ice appeared in late July, which differed remarkably from the phenomena in the preceding year. In this study, maximum chlorophyll α concentration of 4.99mg/m^3 was recorded in middle February 1983,and it descreased in middle March. The winter minimum less than 0.1mg chl.α/m^3 was observed from June to October, and the concentration increased again after early December. The standing stocks of chlorophyll α in middle January of the present year (1984) were less than half of those in the preceding year (1983). This could be explained by smaller light penetration into the underlying water between spring and summer of 1983/84 probably due to thicker snow cover on the sea ice comparing to that in 1982/83.https://doi.org/10.15094/00008497
spellingShingle Hiroo Satoh
Kentaro Watanabe
Hiroshi Kanda
Eiji Takahashi
Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84
Antarctic Record
title Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84
title_full Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84
title_fullStr Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84
title_full_unstemmed Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84
title_short Seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near Syowa Station, Antarctica, in 1983/84
title_sort seasonal changes of chlorophyll α standing stocks and oceanographic conditions under fast ice near syowa station antarctica in 1983 84
url https://doi.org/10.15094/00008497
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