The biogeochemistry of meltwater habitats in the Darwin Glacier region (80°S), Victoria Land, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 646-661

  Webster Brown, J ^a   Gall, M ^b   Gibson, J ^c   Wood, S ^d   Hawes, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^e Aquatic Research Solutions Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cryoconite; cyanobacteria; metazoa; nitrate; supraglacial

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; MELTWATER; METAZOAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANTARCTICA; DARWIN GLACIER; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; METAZOA; OSCILLATORIACEAE; ROTIFERA;

EID: 79951692604     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000787     Document Type: Article

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