Environmental factors associated with deep chlorophyll maxima in Dry Valley Lakes, South Victoria Land, Antarctica

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-189

  Burnett, Laura ^a   Moorhead, Daryl ^a   Hawes, Ian ^b   Howard Williams, Clive ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 33646906559     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[179:EFAWDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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