• Floating Ice-Algal Aggregates below melting Arctic Sea Ice 

      Assmy, P; Ehn, Jens K.; Fernandez-Mendez, M; Hop, H; Katlein, C; Sundfjord, Arild; Bluhm, K; Daase, Malin; Engel, A.; Fransson, A.; Granskog, M.A.; Hudson, SR; Kristiansen, Svein; Nicolaus, M.; Peeken, I.; Renner, AHH; Spreen, Gunnar; Tatarek, Agnieszka; Wiktor, Josef (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      During two consecutive cruises to the Eastern Central Arctic in late summer 2012, we observed floating algal aggregates in the melt-water layer below and between melting ice floes of first-year pack ice. The macroscopic (1-15 cm in diameter) aggregates had a mucous consistency and were dominated by typical ice-associated pennate diatoms embedded within the mucous matrix. Aggregates maintained ...