Phytoplankton assemblages related to physical gradients in an Arctic, glacier-fed fjord in summer

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL., 1999, Pages 203-214

  Keck, A ^a   Wiktor, J ^a   Hapter, R ^a   Nilsen, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Abundance; Arctic; Community structure; Dinobryon; Fjord; Glacier; Physical gradients; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DINOBRYON BALTICUM; FLAGELLATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAND; TURBIDITY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY;

KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOBRYON; DINOBRYON BALTICUM; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0033364613     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1999.0631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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