Determination of Arctic ice algal production with a new in situ incubation technique

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 177, Issue , 1999, Pages 15-26

  Mock, Thomas ^a   Gradinger, Rolf ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Algae; Arctic; Biomass; Chlorophyll a; Growth rate; In situ primary production; Methods; Nutrients; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALGA; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; BARENTS SEA; GREENLAND SEA;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0033545356     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps177015     Document Type: Article

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