Photosynthetic performance of benthic microbial mats in Lake Hoare, Antarctica

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1801-1812

  Vopel, Kay ^a   Hawes, Ion ^b  

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

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CARBON FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; IMAGING METHOD; PIGMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE HOARE; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33746881057     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.4.1801     Document Type: Article

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