Annual phytoplankton dynamics in coastal waters from Fildes Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Trefault, Nicole, De la Iglesia, Rodrigo, Moreno-Pino, Mario, Lopes dos Santos, Adriana, Gérikas Ribeiro, Catherine, Parada-Pozo, Génesis, Cristi, Antonia, Marie, Dominique, Vaulot, Daniel
• Other Authors: Institut chilien de l’Antarctique, ECOS-CONICYT, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ministry of Education - Singapore, Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Arctic; Fildes; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80568-8; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80568-8.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80568-8

Abstract Year-round reports of phytoplankton dynamics in the West Antarctic Peninsula are rare and mainly limited to microscopy and/or pigment-based studies. We analyzed the phytoplankton community from coastal waters of Fildes Bay in the West Antarctic Peninsula between January 2014 and 2015 using...