Microbial food web responses to light and nutrients beneath the coastal Arctic Ocean sea ice during the winter-spring transition

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 964-977

  Terrado, Ramon ^a   Lovejoy, Connie ^a   Massana, Ramon ^b   Vincent, Warwick F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Light response; Mixed layer; Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Protists; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; ICE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION STATISTICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEA ICE; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

ARCTIC OCEANS; BACTERIAL BIOMASSES; BACTERIAL CELLS; BEAUFORT SEAS; ENRICHMENT EXPERIMENTS; LIGHT RESPONSE; LIGHT TREATMENTS; MICROBIAL FOOD WEBS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MINIMUM VALUES; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYERS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASSES; POPULATION SIZES; PROTISTS; SAMPLING PERIODS; SHIP-BOARDS; STANDING STOCKS; STRONG GROWTHS; WATER COLUMNS;

ECOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; LIGHT; NUTRIENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTIST; SEA ICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 55849116752     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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