Microbial ecology of sea ice at a coastal Antarctic site:community composition, biomass and temporal change

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Archer, S.D., Leakey, R.J.G., Burkill, P.H., Sleigh, M.A., Appleby, C.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514793/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514793/1/m135p179.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps135179

The coastal sea ice in the vicinity of Davis Station, Antarctica (68* 35' S, 77* 58' E), supported a diverse microbial community which varied in composition and biomass in response to increasing insolation and temperature during the austral summer. To understand more fully the fate of phot...