Dynamics of the plankton communities of the Lazarev Sea (Southern Ocean) during seasonal ice melt

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 149, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 201-214

  Froneman, P W ^a   Pakhomov, E A ^a   Perissinotto, R ^b   Laubscher, R K ^a   McQuaid, C D ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Marginal Ice Zone; Phytoplankton production; Southern Ocean; Zooplankton grazing impact

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRAZING; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

LAZAREV SEA;

EID: 0030618196     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps149201     Document Type: Article

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