Green activity in the dark – ecophysiological studies of microalgae during the Polar night

• Main Authors: Leu, Eva, Hoppe, Clara, Smoła, Z, Bernhardsson, I
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Psi; Svalbard; polar night
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/41611/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48486

Photoautotroph organisms are facing severe challenges at high latitudes where the sun stays below the horizon for an extended period of time during winter. Abundances of pelagic microalgae during this time of the year are extremely low, and many species are thought to overwinter as resting stages in...