Limnology and Oceanography Vol. 59, No. 1, 2014 On the phytoplankton bloom in coastal wa... On the phytoplankton bloom in coastal waters of southern King George Island (Antarctica) in January 2010: An ...
Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.
The Sub-Antarctic territory is thousands of kilometres ... When this then melts back in spring, we have more area for phytoplankton growth. "The more phytoplankton, the more of these fatty acid ...