A mesoscale study of phytoplankton assemblages around the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: García Muñoz, Cristina, Lubián, Luis M., García, Carlos M., Marrero-Díaz, Ángeles, Sangrà, Pablo, Vernet, Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: South Shetland Islands; Phytoplankton; Fronts; Mesoscale; Water masses; Small diatoms; Antarctic; Antarctic Sound; Austral; Bransfield Strait; Drake Passage; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/101342; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1333-5

Phytoplankton assemblages around the South Shetland Islands (SSI) were closely related to mesoscale physical features, based on high spatial resolution sampling performed during the summer of 2010. Sampling was done in 8 transects with stations 9 km apart. Phytoplankton groups were described using f...