Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Year-round utilization of sea ice-associated carbon in Arctic ecosystems

  • Chelsea W. Koch,
  • Thomas A. Brown,
  • Rémi Amiraux,
  • Carla Ruiz-Gonzalez,
  • Maryam MacCorquodale,
  • Gustavo A. Yunda-Guarin,
  • Doreen Kohlbach,
  • Lisa L. Loseto,
  • Bruno Rosenberg,
  • Nigel E. Hussey,
  • Steve H. Ferguson,
  • David J. Yurkowski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37612-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Koch and Brown et al. led a collaborative and comprehensive synthesis that shows the transfer of ice algal carbon is widespread throughout the Arctic marine food web and contributes to supporting organisms throughout the dark winter months