The abiotic environment of polar marine benthic algae

Botanica Marina

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-490

  Zacher, Katharina ^a   Rautenberger, Ralf ^b   Hanelt, Dieter ^c   Wulff, Angela ^d   Wiencke, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Global change; Light climate polar regions; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GLACIER RETREAT; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL MAT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOBENTHOS; POLAR REGION; SALINITY; SCOUR; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

ALGAE;

EID: 71849098037     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2009.082     Document Type: Review

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