Bacterial and extracellular polysaccharide content of brine-wetted snow over Arctic winter first-year sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 726-735

  Ewert, M ^a   Carpenter, S D ^a   Colangelo Lillis, J ^a   Deming, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BRINES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE;

BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; FIRST-YEAR SEA ICES; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WINTER CONDITIONS;

SNOW;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BACTERIUM; BRINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; VERTICAL PROFILE; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84878955015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20055     Document Type: Article

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