Planktonic primary production and microbial respiration measured by 14C assimilation and dissolved oxygen changes in coastal waters of the Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer: Implications for carbon flux studies

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 191-201

  Aristegui J ^a   Montero, M F ^a   Ballesteros, S ^a   Basterretxea, G ^a   Van Lenning, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen fluxes; Coastal Antarctic waters; Microbial respiration; Primary production

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL WATERS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MICROORGANISMS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

EID: 0029667080     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps132191     Document Type: Article

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