On the phytoplankton bloom in coastal waters of southern King George Island (Antarctica) in January 2010: An exceptional feature?

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-210

  Schloss, I R ^a,b,c   Wasilowska, A ^d   Dumont, D ^c   Almandoz, G O ^b,e   Hernando, M P ^f   Michaud Tremblay, C A ^c   Saravia, L ^g   Rzepecki, M ^h   Monien, P ⁱ   Monien, D ⁱ   Kopczynska E E ^j   Bers, A V ^k,l   Ferreyra, G A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^g INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS   (Argentina)

^h NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^j INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^k ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^l Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYTOPLANKTON; TURBULENT MIXING;

ADMIRALTY BAY; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA SHELF; ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84892693439     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.1.0195     Document Type: Article

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