Phytoplankton and sea ice algal biomass and physiology during the transition between winter and spring (McMurdo Sound, Antarctica)

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1547-1556

  McMinn, A ^a   Martin, A ^a   Ryan, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fv Fm; Photophysiology; Phytoplankton; Sea ice algae; Winter

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DOMINANCE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO SOUND;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; ENTOMONEIS KJELLMANNII; FRAGILARIOPSIS SUBLINEATA; MELOSIRA; PINNULARIA; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 78649521561     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0844-6     Document Type: Article

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