Analysis of the Sea Ice Biomarker IP25 in Marine Sediments from the Barents Sea |
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Lukas Smik, Simon Belt and Thomas Brown |
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Biogeochemistry Research Centre, Plymouth University, U.K. |
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Presented at: Winter School on Sea Ice Variability in the Arctic – Past and Present Conditions, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, 30 March-4 April 2014. |
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Download: Poster as an A4 pdf file. |
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IP25 is a highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkene synthesised by some sea ice diatoms which has been shown to be a specific, stable and sensitive measure of Arctic sea ice when detected in underlying sediments. Here, the analysis of this novel sea ice biomarker proxy has been performed from a region of the Barents Sea with higher % sea ice cover in order to further evaluate the relationship between this novel biomarker and sea ice presence.
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