Removal of snow cover inhibits spring growth of Arctic ice algae through physiological and behavioral effects

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 471-481

  Lund Hansen, Lars Chresten ^a   Hawes, Ian ^b   Sorrell, Brian K ^a   Nielsen, Morten Holtegaard ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Ice algae; Imaging PAM fluorometry; Optics; Photobiology; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRINE; DOMINANCE; EMIGRATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; ICE ALGA; ICE THICKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; SNOW COVER; SPRING (SEASON);

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ACHNANTHES TAENIATA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NAVICULA DIRECTA;

EID: 84895828671     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1444-z     Document Type: Article

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