Seasonal variations in distribution and population structure of Microcalanus pygmaeus and Ctenocalanus citer (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

1994 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. Schnack-Schiel ◽  
E. Mizdalski
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Weddell Sea ◽  
Eastern Weddell Sea

The role of tides on the carbonate chemistry of a coastal polynya in the south-eastern Weddell Sea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise Droste ◽  
Melchor González Dávila ◽  
Juana Magdalena Santana Casiano ◽  
Mario Hoppema ◽  
Gerd Rohardt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Ocean ◽  
Weddell Sea ◽  
Water Masses ◽  
Total Alkalinity ◽  
The South ◽  
Carbonate Chemistry ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Coastal Polynya ◽  
Eastern Weddell Sea

<p>Tides have a large impact on coastal polynyas around Antarctica. We investigate the effect of semi-diurnal tidal cycles on the seawater carbonate chemistry in a coastal polynya hugging the Ekström Ice Shelf in the south-eastern Weddell Sea. This region experiences some of the strongest tides in the Southern Ocean. We assess the implications for the contribution of coastal polynyas to the carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) air-sea flux of the Weddell Sea.</p><p>Two site visits, in January 2015 and January 2019, are intercompared in terms of the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentration, total alkalinity, pH, and CO<sub>2</sub> partial pressure (pCO<sub>2</sub>). The tides induce large variability in the carbonate chemistry of the coastal polynya in the austral summer: DIC concentrations vary between 2174 and 2223 umol kg<sup>-1</sup>.</p><p>The tidal fluctuation in the DIC concentration can swing the polynya from a sink to a source of atmospheric CO<sub>2 </sub>on a semi-diurnal timescale. We attribute these changes to the mixing of different water masses. The amount of variability induced by tides depends on – and is associated with – large scale oceanographic and biogeochemical processes that affect the characteristics and presence of the water masses being mixed, such as the rate of sea ice melt.</p><p>Sampling strategies in Antarctic coastal polynyas should always take tidal influences into account. This would help to reduce biases in our understanding of how coastal polynyas contribute to the CO<sub>2</sub> uptake by the Southern Ocean.</p>

Spatial distribution of Antarctic shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) by underwater photography

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Gutt ◽  
M. Gorny ◽  
W. Arntz
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Weddell Sea ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Underwater Photography ◽  
Dispersion Patterns ◽  
Eastern Weddell Sea

Three species of shrimps (Notocrangon antarcticus, Chorismus antarcticus, Nematocarcinus lanceopes) were investigated in the south-eastern Weddell Sea using of underwater photography. Maximum densities of c. 100 specimens per 100 m2 were found for N. antarcticus on the continental shelf (200–600 m) and for N. lanceopes on the slope (800–1200 m). Small-scale dispersion patterns and size-frequency distributions were analyzed within dense concentrations. These direct observations indicate that the behaviour of the three species is adapted to different habitats with Chorismus distribution correlated with that of sponges and Notocrangon with base sediment.

scholarly journals Effects of Hydrographic Variability on the Spatial, Seasonal and Diel Diving Patterns of Southern Elephant Seals in the Eastern Weddell Sea

PLoS ONE ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. e13816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Biuw ◽  
Ole Anders Nøst ◽  
Audun Stien ◽  
Qin Zhou ◽  
Christian Lydersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weddell Sea ◽  
Elephant Seals ◽  
Southern Elephant Seals ◽  
Eastern Weddell Sea

Satellite tracking of icebergs in the Weddell Sea

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. GLADSTONE ◽  
G.R. BIGG
Keyword(s):  
Mass Flux ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Satellite Tracking ◽  
Weddell Sea ◽  
Synthetic Aperture ◽  
Coastal Current ◽  
Shelf Area ◽  
Ice Edge ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Eastern Weddell Sea

Small to medium sized icebergs (200 m to 10 km across) in two areas of the Weddell Sea were tracked using satellite-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) from 22 January–21 February 1994 and 29 January–25 February 1992 respectively. The westward mass flux of icebergs in the Antarctic Coastal Current was estimated at the eastern entrance to the Weddell Sea as being 50–70 Gta−1. A large contrast was found between observations over the narrow shelf here and the off-shelf area. The latter region had very much reduced iceberg density, and the bergs moved with slower and less coherent velocities compared with the fast, but narrow (10–20 km wide) flow in the Coastal Current. This region is a promising site for the monitoring of decadal trends in iceberg fluxes. The second study area in the south-western Weddell Sea showed iceberg motion consistent with non-contemporaneous observations of tagged icebergs, with steady flow parallel to the shelf-ice edge, at significantly lower densities and speeds than in the Coastal Current but almost double that observed off-shelf in the eastern Weddell Sea. We also suggest that shipboard observations of icebergs need careful analysis to avoid their over-estimating true iceberg concentrations by a substantial amount.

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