Composition and biomass of phytoplankton assemblages in coastal Antarctic waters: A comparison of chemotaxonomic and microscopic analyses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 247, Issue , 2003, Pages 27-42

  Garibotti, Irene A ^a   Vernet, María ^b   Kozlowski, Wendy A ^b   Ferrario, Martha E ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Microscopy; Photosynthetic pigments; Phytoplankton composition; Western Antarctic Peninsula

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0037418134     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps247027     Document Type: Article

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