Key Arctic phototrophs are widespread in the polar night

Polar Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-21

  Vader, Anna ^a   Marquardt, Miriam ^a,b   Meshram, Archana R ^a,c   Gabrielsen, Tove M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Micromonas pusilla; Phaeocystis pouchetii; Photosynthetic organisms; Polar night; Svalbard Archipelago

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ARCHIPELAGO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; EUKARYOTE; GREEN ALGA; MESOPELAGIC ZONE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; PERSISTENCE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CHLOROPHYTA; MICROMONAS PUSILLA; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 84921386110     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: 14322056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1570-2     Document Type: Article

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