Bacterioplankton and picophytoplankton abundance, biomass, and distribution in the Western Canada Basin during summer 2008

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 81-84, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-45

  He, Jianfeng ^a,b   Zhang, Fang ^a   Lin, Ling ^a   Ma, Yuxin ^b   Chen, Jianfang ^c  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bacterioplankton; Biomass; Picophytoplankton; Western Canada Basin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC BASIN; BACTERIOPLANKTONS; CANADA BASIN; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; HIGH SALINITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NUTRICLINE; PACIFIC WATER; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STUDY AREAS; UPPER WATER COLUMN; WATER COLUMNS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE;

BIOMASS;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DEEP WATER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PICOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY; SEA ICE; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA BASIN;

EID: 84869091282     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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