Annual growth layers as proxies of past growth conditions for benthic microbial mats in a perennially ice-covered Antarctic lake

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-292

  Sutherland, Donna L ^a   Hawes, Ian ^b  

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

^b Aquatic Research Solutions Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biomass indicators; Carbonate precipitate; Cyanobacteria; Hindcasting growth

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYCOBILIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTOTROPHY; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HINDCASTING; ICE COVER; LAKE; MICROBIAL MAT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CARBONATES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; PHYCOBILINS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ANTARCTICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 58149123603     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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