Phytoplankton biomass and community composition in the frontal zones of Southern Ocean

Phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll-a) and community structure in the water column was analyzed across various frontal regions in the Subtropical Front (STF), Sub-Antarctic Front (SAF), Polar Front-1 (PF1) and Polar Front-2 (PF2) in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean (SO) during the austral summer (January–February) of 2013 and 2015. The surface chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) was maximum in PF1 (0.77mg m−3) followed by the SAF (0.5 mg m−3), STF...