Summer macroalgal biomass in Potter Cove, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Its production and flux to the ecosystem

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-294

  Quartino, M L ^a,b   Boraso De Zaixso, A L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biomass; Flux; Macroalgae; Production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; MACROALGA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUMMER;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; POTTER COVE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ALGAE; DESMARESTIA ANCEPS; HIMANTOTHALLUS GRANDIFOLIUS;

EID: 38049062190     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0356-1     Document Type: Article

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