The annual patterns of photosynthesis in two large, freshwater, ultra-oligotrophic Antarctic lakes

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 744-752

  Henshaw, Tracey ^a,b   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; CROOKED LAKE; LAKE DRUZHBY; VESTFOLD HILLS;

EID: 0036927614     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0402-y     Document Type: Article

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