Changes in sea-ice phagotrophic microprotists (20-200 μm) during the spring algal bloom, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 163-172

  Sime Ngando, Télesphore ^a   Gosselin, Michel ^b   Juniper, S Kim ^c   Levasseur, Maurice ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic ice biota; ciliates; growth; heterotrophic microflagellates; ice algae; production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031079688     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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