Primary production, light and vertical mixing in Potter Cove, a shallow bay in the maritime Antarctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-48

  Schloss, Irene R ^a   Ferreyra, Gustavo A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ATTENUATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036922777     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000100309     Document Type: Article

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