Phytoplankton production after the collapse of the Larsen A Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1435-1446

  Bertolin, M Lila ^a,b   Schloss, Irene R ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

pCO2; Diatoms; Ice shelf; Primary production; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DIATOM; ICE SHELF; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER MASS;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 76149119111     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0638-x     Document Type: Article

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