Composition, buoyancy regulation and fate of ice algal aggregates in the Central Arctic Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Fernández Méndez, Mar ^a,b   Wenzhöfer, Frank ^a,b   Peeken, Ilka ^a,c   Sørensen, Heidi L ^d,e   Glud, Ronnie N ^d,e,f,g   Boetius, Antje ^a,b,c  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Greenland Climate Research Centre   (Greenland)

^f SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BUOYANCY; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SOURCE; CENTRAL ARCTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS BUBBLE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE ALGA; LIGHT; MATERIAL STATE; MELOSIRA ARCTICA; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STOICHIOMETRY; ADAPTATION; ARCTIC; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; ICE COVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; ICE COVER; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84925254023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107452     Document Type: Article

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