Summer phytoplankton succession in Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica

Spring phytoplankton communities in the water column of Ellis Fjord are characterized by diatoms originating from the bottom sea-ice strand community. Upon ice breakout in early summer, these are replaced by blooms of the phytoflagellates, Phaeocystis pouchetii , Cryptomonas cryophila , Pyramimonas...

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Published in:Journal of Plankton Research
Main Authors: McMinn, Andrew, Hodgson, Dominic
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1993
Subjects:
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Ellis Fjord
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/15/8/925
https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/15.8.925

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