Green Edge ice camp campaigns: understanding the processes controlling the under-ice Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom
Authors: Massicotte Philippe , Amiraux Rémi , Amyot Marie-Pier , Archambault Philippe , Ardyna Mathieu , Arnaud Laurent , Artigue Lise , Aubry Cyril , Ayotte Pierre , Bécu Guislain , Bélanger Simon , Benner Ronald , Bittig Henry C. , Bricaud Annick , Brossier Éric , Bruyant Flavienne , Chauvaud Laurent , Christiansen-Stowe Debra , Claustre Hervé , Cornet-Barthaux Véronique , Coupel Pierre , Cox Christine , Delaforge Aurelie , Dezutter Thibaud , Dimier Céline , Domine Florent , Dufour Francis , Dufresne Christiane , Dumont Dany , Ehn Jens , Else Brent , Ferland Joannie , Forget Marie-Hélène , Fortier Louis , Galí Martí , Galindo Virginie , Gallinari Morgane , Garcia Nicole , Gérikas Ribeiro Catherine , Gourdal Margaux , Gourvil Priscilla , Goyens Clemence , Grondin Pierre-Luc , Guillot Pascal , Guilmette Caroline , Houssais Marie-Noëlle , Joux Fabien , Lacour Léo , Lacour Thomas , Lafond Augustin , Lagunas José , Lalande Catherine , Laliberté Julien , Lambert-Girard Simon , Larivière Jade , Lavaud Johann , LeBaron Anita , Leblanc Karine , Le Gall Florence , Legras Justine , Lemire Mélanie , Levasseur Maurice , Leymarie Edouard , Leynaert Aude , Lopes dos Santos Adriana , Lourenço Antonio , Mah David , Marec Claudie , Marie Dominique , Martin Nicolas , Marty Constance , Marty Sabine , Massé Guillaume , Matsuoka Atsushi , Matthes Lisa , Moriceau Brivaela , Muller Pierre-Emmanuel , Mundy Christopher-John , Neukermans Griet , Oziel Laurent , Panagiotopoulos Christos , Pangrazi Jean-Jacques , Picard Ghislain , Picheral Marc , Pinczon du Sel France , Pogorzelec Nicole , Probert Ian , Quéguiner Bernard , Raimbault Patrick , Ras Joséphine , Rehm Eric , Reimer Erin , Rontani Jean-François , Rysgaard Søren , Saint-Béat Blanche , Sampei Makoto , Sansoulet Julie , Schmechtig Catherine , Schmidt Sabine , Sempéré Richard , Sévigny Caroline , Shen Yuan , Tragin Margot , Tremblay Jean-Éric , Vaulot Daniel , Verin Gauthier , Vivier Frédéric , Vladoiu Anda , Whitehead Jeremy , Babin Marcel 
Published: January 2020

Abstract. The Green Edge initiative was developed to investigate the processes controlling the primary productivity and fate of organic matter produced during the Arctic phytoplankton spring bloom (PSB) and to determine its role in the ecosystem. Two field campaigns were conducted in 2015 and 2016 at an ice camp located on landfast sea ice southeast of Qikiqtarjuaq Island in Baffin Bay (67.4797∘ N, 63.7895∘ W). During both expeditions, a large suite of physical, chemical and biological variables was measured beneath a consolidated sea-ice cover from the surface to the bottom (at 360 m depth) to better understand the factors driving the PSB. Key variables, such as conservative temperature, absolute salinity, radiance, irradiance, nutrient concentrations, chlorophyll a concentration, bacteria, phytoplankton and zooplankton abundance and taxonomy, and carbon stocks and fluxes were routinely measured at the ice camp. Meteorological and snow-relevant variables were also monitored. Here, we present the results of a joint effort to tidy and standardize the collected datasets, which will facilitate their reuse in other Arctic studies. The dataset is available at https://doi.org/10.17882/59892 (Massicotte et al., 2019a).