ArticleNature communications2024
Climate change is associated with higher phytoplankton biomass and longer blooms in the West Antarctic Peninsula.
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- Photoacclimation of cryptophytes and diatoms to light variability in the Western Antarctic Peninsula.Journal of phycology · 2026Article
- Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Dynamics of Micro-Diatoms in the Austral Autumn/Winter Reveal Ecological Strategies in the Northern End of the Antarctic Peninsula.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Underestimated accelerated Antarctic phytoplankton net primary production in winter over past decade from spaceborne LiDAR.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The role of phytoplankton in structuring global oceanic dissolved organic carbon pools.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Bacterial community composition and function in different habitats in Antarctic Fildes region revealed by high-throughput sequencing.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Oceanic regions shape the composition of the Antarctic plastisphere.Communications earth & environment · 2025Article
- Impact of glacial meltwater on phytoplankton biomass along the Western Antarctic Peninsula.Communications earth & environment · 2025Article
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Abstract
The Antarctic Peninsula (West Antarctica) marine ecosystem has undergone substantial changes due to climate-induced shifts in atmospheric and oceanic temperatures since the 1950s. Using 25 years of satellite data (1998-2022), this study presents evidence that phytoplankton biomass and bloom phenology in the West Antarctic Peninsula are significantly changing as a response to anthropogenic climate change. Enhanced phytoplankton biomass was observed along the West Antarctic Peninsula, particularly in the early austral autumn, resulting in longer blooms. Long-term sea ice decline was identified as the main driver enabling phytoplankton growth in early spring and autumn, in parallel with a recent intensification of the Southern Annular Mode (2010-ongoing), which was observed to influence regional variability. Our findings contribute to the understanding of the complex interplay between environmental changes and phytoplankton responses in this climatically key region of the Southern Ocean and raise important questions regarding the far-reaching consequences that these ecological changes may have on global carbon sequestration and Antarctic food webs in the future.
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