Vertical distribution of antarctic phytoplankton standing crops
A comparison of phytoplankton standing crops, in terms of the number of chlorophyll fluorescing cells throughout the water column per m ” of surface, is extended on a yearly basis for arcas of the Southern Ocean and the Strait of Florida. It is suggested that, tlespite apparent high production durin...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.554.2951 http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_14/issue_1/0086.pdf |
| Summary: | A comparison of phytoplankton standing crops, in terms of the number of chlorophyll fluorescing cells throughout the water column per m ” of surface, is extended on a yearly basis for arcas of the Southern Ocean and the Strait of Florida. It is suggested that, tlespite apparent high production during the nustral summer, the overall production of Antarctic and tempcratc and subtropical areas may be at least of the same order of magnitude. INTBODUCZION Waters of the high latitudes have been regarded as some of the most productive regions of the world ocean (Henscn 1890; Lohmann 1917). The large plankton bio-mass of Antarctic surface waters (Sverdrup, Johnson, and Fleming 1942) tends to sup-port further the impression oaf high fertility. Critical reevaluation o,f this concept may |
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