Comparison of productivity and phytoplankton in a warm (Kongsfjorden) and a cold (Hornsund) Spitsbergen fjord in mid-summer 2002

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-559

  Piwosz, Kasia ^a   Walkusz, Wojciech ^a   Hapter, Ryszard ^a   Wieczorek, Piotr ^a   Hop, Haakon ^b   Wiktor, Józef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Svalbard; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIATOM; FJORD; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SUMMER; WARMING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 63149143240     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0549-2     Document Type: Article

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