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Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-389-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-389-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
Research article
 | 
21 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 21 Mar 2024

Biophysical coupling of seasonal chlorophyll-a bloom variations and phytoplankton assemblages across the Peninsula Front in the Bransfield Strait

Marta Veny, Borja Aguiar-González, Ángeles Marrero-Díaz, Tania Pereira-Vázquez, and Ángel Rodríguez-Santana

Data sets

Physical oceanography during Ary Rongel cruise GOAL2003 M. M. Mata and C. A. E. Garcia https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863598

Physical oceanography during Ary Rongel cruise GOAL2004 M. M. Mata and C. A. E. Garcia https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863599

Physical oceanography during Ary Rongel cruise GOAL2005 M. M. Mata and C. A. E. Garcia https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863600

Physical oceanography during Ary Rongel cruise SOS-Climate I M. M. Mata and C. A. E. Garcia https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864576

Physical oceanography during Ary Rongel cruise SOS-Climate II M. M. Mata and C. A. E. Garcia https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864578

Physical oceanography during Ary Rongel cruise SOS-Climate III M. M. Mata and C. A. E. Garcia https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864579

Copernicus Marine Service Information (CMEMS) Global Ocean OSTIA Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Reprocessed, E. U. https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00168

ERA5 monthly averaged data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7

Bio-Geo-Chemical, L4 (monthly and interpolated) from Satellite Observations (1997–ongoing) Global Ocean Colour (Copernicus-GlobColour) https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00281

Model code and software

Wind Stresses computation R. S. Patel https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/53391-wind-stresses-computation

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Short summary
This study examines the seasonal patterns of chlorophyll-a (chl-a) blooms in the Bransfield Strait using remote sensing data supported by novel and historical in situ observations. Through satellite data we show that we can identify two distinct phytoplankton niches along a thermal front known as the Peninsula Front: the Transitional Bellingshausen Water and Transitional Weddell Water pools. These findings enable the first climatological description of the chl-a blooms in the Bransfield Strait.
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