Effects of enhanced temperature and ultraviolet B radiation on a natural plankton community of the Beagle Channel (Southern Argentina): A mesocosm study

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-173

  Moreau, S ^a,b   Mostajir, B ^c   Almandoz, G O ^d,e   Demers, S ^b   Hernando, M ^f   Lemarchand, K ^b   Lionard, M ^b,g   Mercier, B ^b   Roy, S ^b   Schloss, I R ^b,d,h   Thyssen, M ^b,i   Ferreyra, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

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

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^g MERINOV Centre d'Innovation de l'Aquaculture et des Pêches du Québec Centre de la Côte Nord Direction de la Production de la Biomasse   (Canada)

^h INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

ⁱ Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

Increased temperature; Ozone hole; Patagonia; Plankton; UVBR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901372331     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01694     Document Type: Article

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