Graeve, Martin; Leu, Eva; Fahl, Kirsten; Campbell, Karley; Brown, Thomas A; Welteke, Nahid; Adrian-Schütte, Valeria (2025): Fatty acid composition (µg/ml) of sea ice algal communities in Hudson Bay (Southampton Island) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.986965, In: Graeve, M et al. (2025): Characterisation of sea ice algal communities in the Hudson Bay (Southampton Island) [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.986997
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Published: 2025-11-18 • DOI registered: 2025-12-17
Abstract:
A spring bloom of algae in or underneath sea ice provides a concentrated food source for aquatic grazers and contributes significantly to marine primary production in many regions of the Arctic. Various types of trophic markers are commonly used to analyze food web structure, based on numerous assumptions about how sea ice algae differ biochemically from phytoplankton. Changes associated with polar amplification of global warming have the potential to affect the phenology, taxonomic composition, productivity, and nutritional value of sea ice algal blooms, which are usually dominated by diatom species. Such changes are likely to have far-reaching effects on trophic interactions and carbon cycling in the ocean. The production of lipids and stable isotope biomarkers by marine algae can vary significantly depending on environmental factors such as snow depth, ice thickness, nutrient availability, and water depth. For example, concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in ice algae decreased with decreasing nutrient concentrations, and 16:0/16:1 (n-7) fatty acids were highly enriched in 13C in our 2019 study in northwestern Hudson Bay, Southampton Island (possibly as a result of DIC limitation). Data on stable isotope values of fatty acids in ice algae are particularly scarce, so we provide an important information base for future Bayesian isotope mixing models.
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Related to:
Leu, Eva; et al. (submitted): Stage of bloom succession drives trophic marker variability in sea ice algal communities in Hudson Bay.
Funding:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Bonn (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0810A: Changing Arctic Ocean/Diatom-ARCTIC
Norwegian Polar Institute, grant/award no. 325405: Bottom-sea ice Respiration and nutrient Exchanges Assessed for THE Arctic (BREATHE)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 63.607281 * Median Longitude: -83.255866 * South-bound Latitude: 63.053130 * West-bound Longitude: -83.342280 * North-bound Latitude: 63.994250 * East-bound Longitude: -83.077170
Date/Time Start: 2019-05-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-06-01T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.05 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.05 m
Event(s):
1-CH1C-core-6,9,11-040519 * Latitude: 63.993650 * Longitude: -83.337550 * Date/Time: 2019-05-04T00:00:00 * Elevation: -35.0 m * Campaign: CHOOSE (Coral Harbour Oceanographic Observation and
Sea ice Experiments) * Basis: Sampling/drilling ice * Method/Device: Ice corer (IC)
2-CH1F-core-2-040519 * Latitude: 63.910570 * Longitude: -83.307220 * Date/Time: 2019-05-04T00:00:00 * Elevation: -40.0 m * Campaign: CHOOSE (Coral Harbour Oceanographic Observation and
Sea ice Experiments) * Basis: Sampling/drilling ice * Method/Device: Ice corer (IC)
3-CH2A-core-2,3-070519 * Latitude: 63.146350 * Longitude: -83.225580 * Date/Time: 2019-05-07T00:00:00 * Elevation: -9.0 m * Campaign: CHOOSE (Coral Harbour Oceanographic Observation and
Sea ice Experiments) * Basis: Sampling/drilling ice * Method/Device: Ice corer (IC)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Graeve, Martin | |||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Graeve, Martin | Geocode | ||
| 3 | Site | Site | Graeve, Martin | |||
| 4 | Cycle | Cy | Graeve, Martin | |||
| 5 | Event label | Event | Graeve, Martin | |||
| 6 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Graeve, Martin | Geocode | ||
| 7 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Graeve, Martin | Geocode | ||
| 8 | Depth, bathymetric | Bathy depth | m | Graeve, Martin | ||
| 9 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Graeve, Martin | core section | |
| 10 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Graeve, Martin | core section | |
| 11 | DEPTH, ice/snow | Depth ice/snow | m | Graeve, Martin | Geocode | |
| 12 | Sea ice thickness | EsEs | m | Graeve, Martin | ||
| 13 | Snow thickness | Snow thick | m | Graeve, Martin | ||
| 14 | Water volume, filtered | Vol filtered | ml | Graeve, Martin | ||
| 15 | Tetradecanoic acid | 14:0 | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 16 | 13-methyl-Tetradecanoic acid | 13me14:0 | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 17 | Pentadecanoic acid | 15:0 | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 18 | Hexadecanoic acid | 16:0 | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 19 | cis-9-Hexadecenoic acid | 16:1(n-7) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 20 | cis-11-Hexadecenoic acid | 16:1(n-5) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 21 | 9,12-Hexadecadienoic acid | 16:2(n-4) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 22 | 6,9,12-Hexadecatrienoic acid | 16:3(n-4) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 23 | 6,9,12,15-Hexadecatetraenoic acid | 16:4(n-1) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 24 | Octadecanoic acid | 18:0 | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 25 | cis-9-Octadecenoic acid | 18:1(n-9) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 26 | cis-11-Octadecenoic acid | 18:1(n-7) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 27 | all-cis-9,12-Octadecadienoic acid | 18:2(n-6) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 28 | 6,9,12-Octadecatrienoic acid | 18:3(n-6) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 29 | 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid | 18:3(n-3) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 30 | 6,9,12,15-Octadecatetraenoic acid | 18:4(n-3) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 31 | all-cis-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid | 20:5(n-3) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 32 | all-cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-Docosahexaenoic acid | 22:6(n-3) | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 33 | Polyunsaturated fatty acids | PUFA | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | |
| 34 | Polyunsaturated fatty acids, C16 | PUFA C16 | µg/ml | Graeve, Martin | Gas chromatograph, Agilent, 6890; coupled with Isotope ratio mass spectrometer, Thermo, Delta V Plus | Sum C16-Diatom PUFA |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1073 data points