Response of sea-ice microbial communities to environmental disturbance: An in situ transplant experiment in the Antarctic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 424, Issue , 2011, Pages 25-37

  Martin, Andrew ^a,b   Anderson, Marti J ^c   Thorn, Chris ^a   Davy, Simon K ^a   Ryan, Ken G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; DGGE; Microbes; Microbial loop; Sea ice; Transplant experiment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ELECTROKINESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ICE COVER; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL LOOP; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTOZOAN; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 79952135484     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08977     Document Type: Article

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