Comparing springtime ice-algal chlorophyll a and physical properties of multi-year and first-year sea ice from the Lincoln Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Lange, Benjamin A ^a,b,c   Michel, Christine ^d   Beckers, Justin F ^c   Casey, J Alec ^c   Flores, Hauke ^a,b   Hatam, Ido ^c   Meisterhans, Guillaume ^d   Niemi, Andrea ^d   Haas, Christian ^c,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL; SEA WATER; SNOW;

ALGA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRST YEAR SEA ICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MULTI YEAR SEA ICE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TEXTURE; THICKNESS; ZOOPLANKTON; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEASON;

ALGAE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; ICE COVER; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SNOW;

EID: 84930660710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122418     Document Type: Article

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