Contributions of the net, nano- and picoplankton to the phytoplankton standing crop and primary productivity in the Southern Ocean

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: Weber, Larry H., El-Sayed, Sayed Z.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1987
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Bransfield Strait; Indian; Antarctic Ocean; Elephant Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/9/5/973; https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/9.5.973

The Southern Ocean phytoplankton community is largely dominated by nanoplankton (cells which will pass a 20-μm mesh), as demonstrated by numerous size-fractionated measurements of both chlorophyll a and carbon uptake rates. Furthermore, in agreement with findings from lower and temperate latitudes,...