Carbon uptake rates of sea ice algae and phytoplankton under different light intensities in a landfast sea ice zone, Barrow, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-291

  Lee, Sang H ^a,b   Whitledge, Terry E ^a   Kang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Barrow; Carbon production; Ice algae; Landfast sea ice; Lipid synthesis; Macromolecules; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CARBON CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 52749091443     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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