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ARCTIC
卷 67, 期 3, 页码 375-387出版社
ARCTIC INST N AMER
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4409
关键词
ice algae; biomass; sea ice; transmitted irradiance; Arctic; algal blooms
资金
- Northern Scientific Training Program
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Canada Research Chairs program
- Polar Continental Shelf Program of Natural Resources Canada
In this study, we support previous work showing that a normalized difference index (NDI) using two spectral bands of transmitted irradiance (478 and 490 nm) can be used as a non-invasive method to estimate sea ice chlorophyll a (chl a) following a simple calibration to the local region. Application of this method during the spring bloom period (9 May to 26 June) provided the first non-invasive time series dataset used to monitor changes in bottom ice chl a concentration, an index of algal biomass, at a.single point location. The transmitted irradiance dataset was collected on landfast first-year sea ice of Allen Bay, Nunavut, in 2011, along with the physical variables thought to affect chl a accumulation and loss at the ice bottom. Time series biomass calculated using the NDI technique adhered well to core-based biomass estimates, although chl a values remained low throughout the bloom, reaching a maximum of 27.6 mg m(-2) at the end of May. It is likely that warming of the bottom ice contributed to loss of chl a through its positive influence on brine drainage and ice melt. Chl a content in the bottom ice was also significantly affected by a storm event on 10 June, which caused extensive surface melt and a rapid increase in the magnitude of transmitted irradiance. Furthermore, the velocity of current, measured below the ice at the end of a spring neap-tidal cycle, was negatively associated with ice algae chl a biomass (the stronger the current, the less biomass). The NDI method to remotely estimate ice algal biomass proved useful for application in time series process study, providing a way to assess the effects of changes to the sea ice environment on the biomass of a single population of ice algae.
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