Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off East Antarctica (30-80° E)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 877-886

  Seuront, Laurent ^a,b   Leterme, Sophie C ^a,b   Seymour, Justin R ^a,d   Mitchell, James G ^a   Ashcroft, Daniel ^a   Noble, Warwick ^a   Thomson, Paul G ^c,e   Davidson, Andrew T ^c,e   van den Enden, Rick ^c,e   Scott, Fiona J ^c,e   Wright, Simon W ^c,e   Schapira, Mathilde ^a   Chapperon, Coraline ^a   Cribb, Nardi ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biologically increased seawater viscosity; East Antarctica; Phytoplankton; Seawater viscosity; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BIOLOGICALLY INCREASED SEAWATER VISCOSITY; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE CONTROL; BACTERIOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

VISCOSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; PROROCENTRUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 77951621049     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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