Smallest Algae Thrive As the Arctic Ocean Freshens

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1179798
• Publication Date: 2009-10-22T21:46:20Z
• Authors: William K. W. Li; Fiona A. McLaughlin; Connie Lovejoy; Eddy C. Carmack
• Keywords: Salinity; Bacteria; Arctic Regions; Oceans and Seas; Population Dynamics; Eukaryota; 01 natural sciences; 13. Climate action; Phytoplankton; Seawater; Biomass; 14. Life underwater; Ecosystem; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

In the Arctic Ocean, phytoplankton cell sizes have decreased with warming temperatures and fresher surface waters.