Water masses and phytoplankton biomass distribution during summer in the Weddell Sea marginal ice zone

• Main Authors: Pérez, Fiz F., Tokarczyk, R., Figueiras, F. G., Ríos, Aida F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gauthier-Villars 1994
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drake Passage; Elephant Island; South Orkney Islands; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/60252

9 páginas This study - carried out between the Elephant and the Orkney islands - showed that spatial variability in the marginal ice-edge zone (MIZ) was greater than that found in open sea. Salinity and silicate contents point to the existence of two fronts: the first - near Elephant Island - separa...