Significance of sedimentation and grazing by ice micro- and meiofauna for carbon cycling in annual sea ice (northern Baffin Bay)

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-68

  Michel, Christine ^a   Nielsen, Torkel Gissel ^b   Nozais, Christian ^c   Gosselin, Michel ^c  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Ciliates; Dinoflagellates; Ice algae; Protists; Sea ice; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; HYPOTRICHIA; NITZSCHIA FRIGIDA; PROTISTA; STROMBIDIUM;

EID: 0037184570     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame030057     Document Type: Article

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