Communities of algae and cyanobacteria on glaciers in west Greenland

Polar Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-80

  Uetake, Jun ^a,b   Naganuma, Takeshi ^c   Hebsgaard, Martin Bay ^d   Kanda, Hiroshi ^b   Kohshima, Shiro ^e  

^a Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoconite; Cyanobacteria; Glacier; Green algae; Greenland

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GLACIER; GREEN ALGA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77951117389     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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