Distribution of algal aggregates under summer sea ice in the Central Arctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 719-731

  Katlein, Christian ^a   Fernández Méndez, Mar ^a,b   Wenzhöfer, Frank ^a,b   Nicolaus, Marcel ^a  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algal assemblages; Image processing; Melosira arctica filaments; Remotely operated vehicle; Sea ice algae; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; ICE COVER; IMAGE PROCESSING; OCEAN BASIN; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SEA ICE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; MELOSIRA ARCTICA;

EID: 84937875640     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1634-3     Document Type: Article

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