Sea Ice

Over the past 20 years the study of the frozen Arctic and Southern Oceans and sub–arctic seas has progressed at a remarkable pace. This third edition of Sea Ice gives insight into the very latest understanding of the how sea ice is formed, how we measure (and model) its extent, the biology that lives within and associated with sea ice and the effect of climate change on its distribution. How sea ice influences the oceanography of underlying waters and the influences that sea ice has on humans living in Arctic regions are also discussed.  

Featuring twelve new chapters, this edition follows two previous editions (2001 and 2010), and the need for this latest update exhibits just how rapidly the science of sea ice is developing. The 27 chapters are written by a team of more than 50 of the worlds leading experts in their fields. These combine to make the book the most comprehensive introduction to the physics, chemistry, biology and geology of sea ice that there is.

This third edition of Sea Ice will be a key resource for all policy makers, researchers and students who work with the frozen oceans and seas.

About the Editor
David N. Thomas, is the Professor of Marine Biology and Head of the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University, Menai Bridge, UK. He is also a visiting Research Professor at the Marine Research Centre of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki, Finland.

List of Contributors

Preface

Chapter1 Overview of sea ice growth and properties
Chris Petrich and Hajo Eicken

Chapter 2 Sea ice thickness distribution
Christian Haas

Chapter 3 Snow in the sea–ice system: Friend or foe?
Matthew Sturm and Robert A. Massom

Chapter 4 Sea ice and sunlight
Donald K. Perovich

Chapter 5 The sea ice–ocean boundary layer
Miles G. McPhee

Chapter 6 The atmosphere over sea ice
Ola Persson and Timo Vihma

Chapter 7 Sea ice and Arctic Ocean oceanography
Finlo Cottier, Mike Steele and Frank Nielsen

Chapter 8 Oceanography and sea ice in the Southern Ocean
Michael P. Meredith and Mark A. Brandon

Chapter 9 Methods of satellite remote sensing of sea ice
Gunnar Spreen and Stefan Kern

Chapter 10 Gaining (and losing) Antarctic sea ice: Variability, trends and mechanisms
Sharon Stammerjohn and Ted Maksym

Chapter 11 Losing Arctic sea ice: Observations of the recent decline and the long–term context
Walt N. Meier

Chapter 12 Sea ice in Earth System models
Dirk Notz and Cecilia M. Bitz

Chapter 13 Sea ice as a habitat for bacteria, archaea and viruses
Jody W. Deming and R. Eric Collins

Chapter 14 Sea ice as a habitat for primary producers
Kevin R. Arrigo

Chapter 15 Sea ice as a habitat for micrograzers
David A. Caron, Rebecca J. Gast and Marie–Ève Garneau

Chapter 16 Sea ice as a habitat for macrograzers
Bodil A. Bluhm, Kerrie M. Swadling and Rolf Gradinger

Chapter 17 Nutrients, dissolved organic matter and exopolymers in sea ice
Klaus M. Meiners and Christine Michel

Chapter 18 Gases in sea ice
Jean–Louis Tison, Bruno Delille and Stathys Papadimitriou

Chapter 19 Transport and transformation of contaminants in sea ice
Feiyue Wang, Monika Pu ko and Gary Stern

Chapter 20 Numerical models of sea ice biogeochemistry
Martin Vancoppenolla and Letizia Tedesco

Chapter 21 Arctic marine mammals and sea ice
Kristin L. Laidre and Eric V. Regehr

Chapter 22 Antarctic marine mammals and sea ice
Marthán N. Bester, Horst Bornemann and Trevor McIntyre

Chapter 23 A Feathered Perspective: The influence of sea ice on Arctic marine birds
Nina J. Karnovsky and Maria V. Gavrilo

Chapter 24 Birds and Antarctic sea ice
David Ainley, Eric J. Woehler and Amelie Lescroël

Chapter 25 Sea ice is our beautiful garden: Indigenous perspectives on sea ice of sea ice in the Arctic
Henry P. Huntington, Shari Gearheard, Lene Kielsen Holm, George Noongwook, Margaret Opie and Joelie Sanguya

Chapter 26 Advances in palaeo sea–ice estimation
Leanne Armand, Alexander Ferry and Amy Leventer

Chapter 27 Ice in subarctic seas
Hermanni Kaartokallio, Mats A. Granskog, Harri Kuosa and Jouni Vainio

Index