Shifts in the dominance between diatoms and cryptophytes during three late summers in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctic Peninsula)

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 537-547

  Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges ^a,b   Tavano, Virginia Maria ^a   Leal, Miguel Costa ^c,d   de Souza, Márcio Silva ^a   Brotas, Vanda ^b   Garcia, Carlos Alberto Eiras ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Cryptophytes; Diatoms; Phytoplankton succession

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; DATA SET; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; MELTWATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; POLAR REGION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIT; SUCCESSION; SUMMER;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA;

EID: 84874948038     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1282-4     Document Type: Article

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