The distribution of microplankton in the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica: Response to ecosystem legacy or present-day climatic controls?

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 238-249

  Roberts, Emily C ^a,b,e   Priscu, John C ^c   Wolf, Craig ^c   Lyons, W Berry ^d   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; MICROPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1842634335     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0582-0     Document Type: Article

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