Benthic microalgal production in the Arctic: Applied methods and status of the current database

Botanica Marina

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 559-571

  Glud, Ronnie N ^a,b   Woelfel, Jana ^c   Karsten, Ulf ^c   Kühl, Michael ^b   Rysgaard, Søren ^d  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Benthic microalgae; Benthic primary production; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; FOOD WEB; ICE COVER; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; WATER DEPTH;

ARCTIC;

EID: 71849102956     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2009.074     Document Type: Review

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