Carbon dynamics in an ultra-oligotrophic epishelf lake (Beaver Lake, Antarctica) in summer

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1116-1130

  Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^a   Madan, Nanette J ^b   Marshall, William A ^b,d   Marchant, Harvey J ^c   Wright, Simon W ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Environment Science Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Carbon; Epishelf lake; Microbial plankton; Production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHORUS; PLANKTON; TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; BEAVER LAKE; EAST ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33744482320     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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