In situ net primary productivity and photosynthesis of Antarctic sea ice algal, phytoplankton and benthic algal communities

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1345-1356

  McMinn, Andrew ^a   Pankowskii, Andrew ^a   Ashworth, Chris ^a   Bhagooli, Ranjeet ^b,c   Ralph, Peter ^b   Ryan, Ken ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; FLUOROMETRY; ICE ALGA; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE;

EID: 77952423668     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1414-8     Document Type: Article

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