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Long-Term Changes of Phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean

8 Appendix B: Statement of Contributions by Co-Authors

This thesis presents two first-author papers that have been published or accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. The authors’ contributions to these papers are provided in this appendix.

I, M. R. Golder, wrote the manuscripts, conducted the data processing and analysis, developed and applied the methodological approaches, interpreted the results, and prepared the figures and tables. In the case of co-authorship, Prof. David Antoine provided supervision and critical comments that contributed to improving the manuscripts for submission and publication. All the above holds for the following publications:

  1. Golder, M. R., & Antoine, D. (2025). Physical drivers of long-term chlorophyll-a variability in the Southern Ocean. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 13(1), 00077. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00077. (Published)

  2. Golder, M. R., & Antoine, D. (2026). Antarctic sea-ice extent anomalies impact interannual variability of phytoplankton chlorophyll-a in Southern Ocean frontal zones. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2026GL123800. https://doi.org/10.1029/2026GL123800. (Accepted)

M. R. Golder _______________________________________________

I, as a Co-Author, endorse that this level of contribution by the candidate indicated above is appropriate.

David Antoine _______________________________________________