Spatial variability of primary production and chlorophyll in the Laptev sea in august–september

Spatial distribution of phytoplankton primary production and chlorophyll was studied based on the data of three cruises carried out in August–September of 2015, 2017 and 2018. The average value of water column primary production (IPP) along the transect from Lena`s mouth to the continental slope was 2.8 fold higher than that one along the transect from Khatanga`s mouth, which was explained by the level of incident radiation and nutrients concentration. Along the cross-slope transects increasing of photosynthetically layer integrated chlorophyll (Chl ph ) occurred due to developing of deep maxima. IPP and Chl ph increasing was registered in the vicinity of the continental slope. In August–September the averaged IPP value was < 100 mgC m -2 d -1 that is the evidence of oligotrophy of the Laptev Sea at the end of summer and at the beginning of autumn.