Primary production and bacterial carbon metabolism around South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-81

  Teira, Eva ^a   Mouriño Carballido, Beatriz ^a   Martínez García, Sandra ^a   Sobrino, Cristina ^a   Ameneiro, Julia ^a   Hernández León, Santiago ^b   Vázquez, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth efficiency; Bacterial production; Drake Passage; Photochemical efficiency; Primary production; South Shetland Islands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH EFFICIENCIES; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; DRAKE PASSAGE; PHOTOCHEMICAL EFFICIENCY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION;

AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; CARBON; COLD WATER; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; LIMITING FACTOR; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT USE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLAR REGION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866493827     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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