Phytoplankton found to begin growing in Baffin Bay as early as February – Phys.org

A small international team of researchers has found that phytoplankton resumes growing in Baffin Bay as early as February. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes how they deployed underwater profilers in Baffin Bay for two years and what they learned from the data they collected.
For many years there has been a consensus among marine biologists: phytoplankton ceases growing during the early winter in the Arctic Ocean when ice forms and does not resume grow…

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