Effect of permanent sea ice cover and different nutrient regimes on the phytoplankton succession of fjords of the Vestfold Hills Oasis, eastern Antarctica

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 287-303

  McMinn, Andrew ^a   Bleakley, Nerida ^a,b   Steinburner, Kerrie ^a   Roberts, Donna ^a   Trenerry, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENT; SILICATE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FJORD; ICE COVER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SUCCESSION;

ANTARCTICA; VESTFOLD HILLS OASIS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS SP.; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM SP.; PYRAMIMONAS;

EID: 0033950989     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/22.2.287     Document Type: Article

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