Structure and Composition of Ice Algal Assemblages from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Magdalen Islands Area

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Sève, Michèle A. De, Dunbar, Maxwell J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Weaver; Magdalen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f90-090; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f90-090

Two types of ice algal assemblages were found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: assemblages composed predominantly of pennate diatoms (abundance > 98.0%) and assemblages with a high abundance of centric diatoms (abundance > 46.2%). The first type is similar to Arctic landfast ice algal asse...