A study of the diatom-dominated microplankton summer assemblages in coastal waters from Terre Adelie to the Mertz Glacier, East Antarctica (139 degrees E-145 degrees E)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Beans, C., Hecq, J. H., Koubbi, P., Vallet, C., Wright, S., Goffart, A.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Liège, Station de Recherche Océanographiques et sous-marines (STARESO ), Stareso, Pointe Revellata, BP 33, 20260 Calvi, France
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Astrolabe; Astrolabe Glacier; East Antarctica; Mertz Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03494341; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-008-0452-x

In January 2004 the microplankton community from the coastal waters of Terre Adelie and Georges V Land (139 degrees E-145 degrees E) was studied. Results showed a diatom-dominated bloom with chlorophyll a levels averaging 0.64 mu g l(-1) at 5 m depth (range 0.21-1.57 mu g l(-1)). Three geographic as...