Prolonged darkness and diatom mortality I: Marine antarctic species

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-41

  Peters, E ^a   Thomas, D N ^a,b  

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

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Darkness; Diatoms; Growth; Phytoplankton distribution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DARKNESS; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DARKNESS; DIATOM; GROWTH; LIGHT; LIGHT EFFECTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROLONGED DARKNESS; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA;

POROSIRA PSEUDODENTICULATA; PROBOSCIA INERMIS; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA; THALASSIOSIRA TUMIDA;

EID: 0030589203     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(96)02520-8     Document Type: Article

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