Bacterial dominance of phototrophic communities in a High Arctic lake and its implications for paleoclimate analysis

Polar Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-161

  Antoniades, Dermot ^a   Veillette, Julie ^a   Martineau, Marie Josée ^a   Belzile, Claude ^b   Tomkins, Jessica ^c   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   Lamoureux, Scott ^c   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; HPLC; Meromictic lake; Photosynthetic bacteria; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; ICE COVER; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEROMICTIC LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; SAMPLING; WATER COLUMN;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 70649109982     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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