Summer-winter transitions in Antarctic ponds II: Biological responses

Antarctic Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-254

  Hawes, Ian ^a   Safi, Karl ^b   Webster Brown, Jenny ^a   Sorrell, Brian ^c   Arscott, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dissolved oxygen; freezing; nutrients; photosynthesis; respiration

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FREEZING; ICE THICKNESS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SUMMER; WATER COLUMN; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79958826449     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000058     Document Type: Review

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