Need for focus on microbial species following ice melt and changing freshwater regimes in a Janus Arctic Gateway.

ABSTRACT: Oceanic gateways are sensitive to climate driven processes. By connecting oceans, they have a global influence on marine biological production and biogeochemical cycles. The furthest north of these gateways is Nares Strait at the top of the North Water between Greenland and Ellesmere Island (Canada). This gateway is globally beneficial, first by supporting high local mammal and bird populations and second with the outflow of phosphate-rich Arctic waters fueling the North Atlantic spring bloom. Both sides of the North Water are hydrologically distinct with counter currents that make this Arctic portal a Janus gateway, after Janus, the Roman god of duality. We examined oceanographic properties and differences in phytoplankton and other protist communities from the eastern and western sides o

SUBMITTER: Joli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010473 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature