Phytoplankton and phytobenthos pigment strategies: Implications for algal survival in the changing Arctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1293-1303

  Bonilla, Sylvia ^a   Rautio, Milla ^b   Vincent, Warwick F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Carotenoids; CDOM; Climate change; Cyanobacteria; Lakes; Photoprotection; Pigments; UV

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CAROTENOID; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SHALLOW WATER; SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70350139504     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0626-1     Document Type: Article

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