Phytoplankton chemotaxonomy in waters around the Svalbard archipelago reveals high amounts of Chl b and presence of gyroxanthin-diester

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-635

  Pettersen, Ragnhild ^a,b   Johnsen, Geir ^a,b   Berge, Jørgen ^b   Hovland, Erlend Kjeldsberg ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Emiliania huxleyi; Gyroxanthin diester; Phytoplankton pigment taxonomy; Picoplankton

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOMASS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHLOROPHYLL; COCCOLITH; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CHLOROPHYCEAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; EUGLENIDA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79954419808     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0917-6     Document Type: Article

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