Ecology of diatom and bacterial assemblages in water associated with melting summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-146

  Gleitz, Markus ^a   Grossmann, Sönnke ^a   Scharek, Renate ^a   Smetacek, Victor ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ecology; grazing; nutrient limitation; physiology; sea ice algae; sea ice bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PROTISTA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; ICE COMMUNITIES;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0030304515     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s095410209600020x     Document Type: Article

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