Glacial run-off to Arctic Kongsfjorden on Svalbard, Norway. (IMAGE)

MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Glacial run-off to Arctic Kongsfjorden on Svalbard, Norway.

Caption

Glacial run-off to Arctic Kongsfjorden on Svalbard, Norway. The run-off is visible as brown color in the water due to high concentrations of suspended particles. Depending on the lithogenic and organic material in the run-off, the elemental composition of the water column changes drastically, affecting habitat-forming macroalgae at the base of the Arctic food web.

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Sarina Niedzwiedz/ Universität Bremen

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