Seasonal change of ice algal and phytoplankton assemblages in the Nella Fjord near Zhongshan Station, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Jianfeng, He, Bo, Chen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2000
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Nella Fjord; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice algae; Polar Science; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2205/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2205/1/A200002004.pdf

The ice algal and phytoplankton assemblages were studied from Nella Fjord near Zhongshan Station, East Antarctica from April 12 to December 30, 1992. Algal blooms occurred about 3 cm thick on the bottom of sea ice in late April and mid November to early December respectively, and a phytoplankton blo...