Autotrophic and heterotrophic activity in Arctic first-year sea ice: Seasonal study from Malene Bight, SW Greenland

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 419, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-45

  Søgaard, Dorte Haubjerg ^a,b   Kristensen, Morten ^a,b   Rysgaard, Søren ^a   Glud, Ronnie Nøhr ^a,d   Hansen, Per Juel ^b   Hilligsøe, Karen Marie ^c  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficients; Bacterial carbon demand; Net autotrophic activity; Net heterotrophic activity; Primary production; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; CARBON FIXATION; HETEROTROPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; MALENE BIGHT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650123471     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08845     Document Type: Article

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