Nitrogen and carbon limitation of planktonic primary production and phytoplankton-bacterioplankton coupling in ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Sorrell, Brian K ^a   Hawes, Ian ^b   Safi, Karl ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

leucine; nutrient limitation; photosynthesis; regression trees; respiration; thymidine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PONDS;

LEUCINE; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; REGRESSION TREES; RESPIRATION; THYMIDINE;

LAKES;

CORRELATION; ICE SHELF; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; LAKES; LEUCINE; NUTRIENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION;

ANTARCTICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84885622696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035043     Document Type: Article

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