Nutrients, algal biomass and communities in land-fast ice and seawater off Adelie Land (Antarctica)

Antarctic Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-171

  Riaux Gobin, Catherine ^a   Tréguer, Paul ^b   Poulin, Michel ^c   Vétion, Gilles ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual land fast ice; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Pigment biomass; Sea ice microalgae

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; ICE COVER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAWATER;

ADELIE COAST; ANTARCTICA;

AMPHIPRORA; BERKELEYA; CHAETOCEROS; NAVICULA GLACIEI; NITZSCHIA;

EID: 0034212926     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102000000213     Document Type: Article

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