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Distribution of net phytoplankton in the sea-ice zone between Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands (December 1988- January 1989) ABSTRACT: Altogether 105 algal taxa were identified including 101 diatom species. Chaetoceros criophilus was dominant in the western part of the study area influen...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.476.994 2023-05-15T14:03:00+02:00 Polish Academy of Sciences Ryszard Ligowski Elżbieta Kopczyńska Dziekanów Leśny The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.476.994 http://polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr12/1991-4_529-546.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.476.994 http://polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr12/1991-4_529-546.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr12/1991-4_529-546.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T07:39:12Z Distribution of net phytoplankton in the sea-ice zone between Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands (December 1988- January 1989) ABSTRACT: Altogether 105 algal taxa were identified including 101 diatom species. Chaetoceros criophilus was dominant in the western part of the study area influenced by waters from the Bellingshausen Sea. Coretiiron criophilum was abundant in the Weddcll Sea water mass found to the east of 53.5°W meridian. Nitzschia cylindrus common in the ice-melt samples was dominant in only two net phytoplankton collections obtained at the ice-edge zone. Additional samples from Admiralty Bay, at King George Island revealed the dominance of Chaetoceros socialis and the presence of many tychoplankton species. Very few diatom cells were found in the open waters of the Bransfield Strait which combined with the presence of krill, suggested intensive grazing by herbivores. The unstable waters of the Weddell-Scotia Confluence area contained little phytoplankton except for a station dominated by Phaeocystis pouchetii. Greater cell densities were related to warm, lower salinity Weddell Sea water of summer modification found in the surface layer east from 49°W. K e y w o r d s: Antarctic, Weddell Sea, net phytoplankton, sea ice edge, diatoms. Text Antarc* Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Bransfield Strait Elephant Island King George Island Sea ice South Orkney Islands Weddell Sea Unknown Antarctic Weddell Sea King George Island Bellingshausen Sea Bransfield Strait Admiralty Bay Weddell South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) Elephant Island ENVELOPE(-55.184,-55.184,-61.085,-61.085) |
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Distribution of net phytoplankton in the sea-ice zone between Elephant Island and the South Orkney Islands (December 1988- January 1989) ABSTRACT: Altogether 105 algal taxa were identified including 101 diatom species. Chaetoceros criophilus was dominant in the western part of the study area influenced by waters from the Bellingshausen Sea. Coretiiron criophilum was abundant in the Weddcll Sea water mass found to the east of 53.5°W meridian. Nitzschia cylindrus common in the ice-melt samples was dominant in only two net phytoplankton collections obtained at the ice-edge zone. Additional samples from Admiralty Bay, at King George Island revealed the dominance of Chaetoceros socialis and the presence of many tychoplankton species. Very few diatom cells were found in the open waters of the Bransfield Strait which combined with the presence of krill, suggested intensive grazing by herbivores. The unstable waters of the Weddell-Scotia Confluence area contained little phytoplankton except for a station dominated by Phaeocystis pouchetii. Greater cell densities were related to warm, lower salinity Weddell Sea water of summer modification found in the surface layer east from 49°W. K e y w o r d s: Antarctic, Weddell Sea, net phytoplankton, sea ice edge, diatoms. |
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ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) ENVELOPE(-55.184,-55.184,-61.085,-61.085) |
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Antarc* Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Bransfield Strait Elephant Island King George Island Sea ice South Orkney Islands Weddell Sea |
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