Primary production throughout austral fall, during a time of decreasing daylength in the western Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 452, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-61

  Vernet, Maria ^a   Wendy A Kozlowski, ^a   Lynn R Yarmey, ^a,d   Alexander T Lowe, ^b,e   Robin M Ross, ^b   Langdon B Quetin, ^b   Christian H Fritsen, ^c  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bloom demise; Fall; Growth rates; Loss rates; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAY; BIOMASS; DAY LENGTH; FIELD METHOD; FOOD SUPPLY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; LYSIS; MIXED LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84860236114     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09704     Document Type: Article

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