The seasonal cycle of physical, biogeochemical and biological properties in the marginal ice zone in the Fram Strait: differences in sea ice conditions during the growth phase lead to different carbon production and export patterns

Wilken-Jon von Appen1, Melanie Bergmann1, Christina Bienhold2, Astrid Bracher3, Morten H. Iversen1, Katja Metfies4, Barbara Niehoff5, Eva-Maria Nothig6, Autun Purser4, Ian Salter7, Sinhue Torres-Valdes1, Frank Wenzhofer8, Matthias Wietz9 and Antje Boetius1, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (2)Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Bremen, Germany, (3)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Climate Sciences, Bremerhaven, Germany, (4)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, (5)Alfred Wegener Institute, Polar Biology, Bremerhaven, Germany, (6)Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany, (7)Faroe Marine Research Institute, Environment, Torshavn, Faroe Islands, (8)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Bremerhaven, Germany, (9)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Germany