Surface Bacterioplankton Community Structure Crossing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Fronts.

ABSTRACT: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the major current in the Southern Ocean, isolating the warm stratified subtropical waters from the more homogeneous cold polar waters. The ACC flows from west to east around Antarctica and generates an overturning circulation by fostering deep-cold water upwelling and the formation of new water masses, thus affecting the Earth's heat balance and the global distribution of carbon. The ACC is characterized by several water mass boundaries or fronts, known as the Subtropical Front (STF), Subantarctic Front (SAF), Polar Front (PF), and South Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front (SACCF), identified by typical physical and chemical properties. While the physical characteristics of these fronts have been characterized, there is still poor information rega

SUBMITTER: Cordone A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10054113 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature