Photosynthetic light requirements, metabolic carbon balance and zonation of sublittoral macroalgae from King George Island (Antarctica)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 281-293

  Gómez, Iván ^a,b   Weykam, Gabriele ^a   Klöser, Heinz ^a   Wiencke, Christian ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Carbon balance; Daily quantum irradiance; Depth; Macroalgal zonation; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CARBON BALANCE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT REQUIREMENT; LIGHT REQUIREMENTS; MACROALGAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT METABOLISM;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, KING GEORGE ISLAND;

DESMARESTIA ANCEPS; GIGARTINA SKOTTSBERGII; HIMANTOTHALLUS GRANDIFOLIUS; KALLYMENIA ANTARCTICA; PALMARIA DECIPIENS;

EID: 0030617761     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps148281     Document Type: Article

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