Low phytoplankton biomass and ice algal blooms in the Weddell Sea during the ice-filled summer of 1997

Antarctic Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-243

  Hegseth, Else N ^a   Von Quillfeldt, Cecilie H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Band assemblages; Bloom dynamics; Ice shelf algae; Krill grazing; Missing biomass

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOMASS; ICE ALGA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; FRAGILARIOPSIS; FRAGILARIOPSIS CURTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHAEOCYSTIS; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036729275     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s095410200200007x     Document Type: Article

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