Diatom quantification and their distribution with salinity brines in coastal sediments of terra nova bay (antarctica)

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Baldi, Franco, Facca, Chiara, Marchetto, Davide, Nguyen, Thi Nhu Mai, Spurio, Roberto
• Other Authors: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Ca’ Foscari Venice, Italy, University of Camerino
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: diatoms; real-time PCR; coastal sediments; SEM-EDX analyses; salinity brines; Terra Nova Bay; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Gerlache; Gerlache Inlet; Penguin Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00682418; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00682418/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00682418/file/PEER_stage2_10.1016%252Fj.marenvres.2011.02.005.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.02.005

International audience Benthic diatoms represent an important element of global nutritional productivity; to raise attention on their role, which is often neglected due to analytical difficulties, surface (1 cm top layer) coastal sediments from Gerlache inlet to Penguin Bay at Terra Nova Bay were co...