Spatial Distribution, Structure, Biomass, and Physiology of Microbial Assemblages across the Southern Ocean Frontal Zones during the Late Austral Winter

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Hanson, Roger B., Lowery, H. Kenneth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 1985
• Subjects: Ecology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Food Science; Biotechnology; Antarctic; Austral; Drake Passage; Narrow Passage; Pacific; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.49.5.1029-1039.1985; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.49.5.1029-1039.1985

We examined the spatial distributions of picoplankton, nanoplankton, and microplankton biomass and physiological state relative to the hydrography of the Southern Ocean along 90° W longitude and across the Drake Passage in the late austral winter. The eastern South Pacific Ocean showed some large-sc...