Biochemical characteristics of surface sediments on the eastern Weddell Sea continental shelf, Antarctica: Is there any evidence of seasonal patterns?

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1125-1133

  Isla, Enrique ^a   Gerdes, Dieter ^b   Rossi, Sergio ^c   Fiorillo, Ida ^a   Sañé, Elisabet ^a   Gili, Josep Maria ^a   Arntz, Wolf E ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

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

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Continental shelf; Lipids; Proteins; Sediment geochemistry; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBOHYDRATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GRAIN SIZE; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTEIN; SEAFLOOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 79960450067     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-0973-6     Document Type: Article

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