Nearly a decade of polar field research by Dr. Allison Cusick and Dr. Martina Mascioni through the FjordPhyto program — the foundational science Plankton Base now carries forward.
A short tour of the founding studies that shape how scientists understand citizen-powered polar plankton research today.
Links nearshore phytoplankton variability to changing oceanographic fronts — a key signal for monitoring polar climate response.
Demonstrates how polar tourism can deliver rigorous, scalable Antarctic research — the framework underpinning Plankton Base.
First detailed picture of phytoplankton bloom dynamics in previously unmonitored Antarctic nearshore waters.