Microphytobenthic seasonality in near-shore marine sediments at signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Author: Gilbert, N.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1991
• Subjects: South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519888/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0272-7714(91)90072-J

The seasonal pattern of the microphytobenthic community at a near-shore site on the east coast of Signy Island (60°43′S, 45°38′W), South Orkney Islands, was examined over a period of 18 months. Sediment chlorophyll levels showed distinct seasonal variation linked to the photon flux density reaching...