Primary production in the Arctic Ocean, 1998–2006

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has undergone an unprecedented reduction in area and thickness in the last decade, exposing an ever increasing fraction of the sea surface to solar radiation and increasing the habitat suitable for phytoplankton growth. Here we use a primary production algorithm that utilizes remotely sensed chlorophyll a , sea surface temperature, and sea ice extent data to quantify interannual changes in phytoplankton production in...