Physico-ecobiogeochemistry of East Antarctic pack ice during the winter-spring transition

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1172-1181

  Meiners, Klaus M ^a,f   Norman, Louiza ^b   Granskog, Mats A ^c,d   Krell, Andreas ^e   Heil, Petra ^a,f   Thomas, David N ^b  

^a ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae; Biogeochemistry; Biomass; East Antarctica; Nutrients; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BIOMASS; ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; COLD TEMPERATURES; DILUTION LINE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; EAST ANTARCTICA; ICE LAYERS; ICE-WATER INTERFACES; NEGATIVE DEVIATIONS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PACK ICE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; REMINERALISATION; SEA ICE FORMATIONS;

ALGAE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BRINES; NUTRIENTS; SEA ICE; SOLVENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BRINE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; ICE ALGA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REMINERALIZATION; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE;

EID: 79954629227     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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