Abundance and biomass of bacteria in two Arctic glacial fjords

• Main Authors: Katarzyna Jankowska, Piotr Wieczorek, Instytut Oceanologii Polska Akademia Nauk
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Arctic; Spitsbergen fjord; bacteria; Kongsbreen; Krossfjorden; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Krossfjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.587.3912; http://www.polish.polar.pan.pl/ppr26/ppr26-077.pdf

Abstract: The total numbers and biomass of bacterioplankton in two Arctic glacial fjords off west Spitsbergen were studied. Samples were collected from different water depth layers – from the surface to 80–90 m depth. Total bacterial number (TBN), biomass and morphologi− cal structure (shape of bact...