Distribution and composition of dissolved extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in Antarctic sea ice

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 404, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-19

  Underwood, Graham J C ^a   Fietz, Susanne ^a,d   Papadimitriou, Stathys ^b   Thomas, David N ^b   Dieckmann, Gerhard S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Brine; Carbohydrates; Dissolved organic carbon; DOC; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substances; Microalgae; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROALGA; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA ICE; SOLUBILITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 77954112380     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08557     Document Type: Article

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