Variability of the microbial community in the western Antarctic Peninsula from late fall to spring during a low ice cover year

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1599-1614

  Moreau, Sébastien ^a   Ferreyra, Gustavo A ^a,b   Mercier, Bernard ^a   Lemarchand, Karine ^a   Lionard, Marie ^a   Roy, Suzanne ^a   Mostajir, Behzad ^d   Roy, Sébastien ^a   van Hardenberg, Bon ^c   Demers, Serge ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Microbial food web; Ozone hole; Sea ice; UV radiations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD WEB; ICE COVER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; OZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA ICE; SPECIES RICHNESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78751582005     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0806-z     Document Type: Article

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