Seasonal change in the optical properties of the permanent ice cover on Lake Bonney, Antarctica: Consequences for lake productivity and phytoplankton dynamics

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-454

  Fritsen, Christian H ^a,b   Priscu, John C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE COVER; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTICA; LAKE BONNEY;

EID: 0033064743     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.2.0447     Document Type: Article

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