Surface ice and gap layers in Antarctic sea ice: Highly productive habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 277, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-12

  Kattner, Gerhard ^a   Thomas, David N ^b   Haas, Christian ^a   Kennedy, Hilary ^b   Dieckmann, Gerhard S ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic sea ice; Biogeochemistry; Chlorophyll a; Dissolved organic matter; Gap layers; Nutrients; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; ICE FLOW; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SEA ICE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 4544311239     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps277001     Document Type: Article

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