Siliceous cysts from Kita-no-seto Strait,north of Syowa Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Eiji Takahashi, Kentaro Watanabe, Hiroo Satoh
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University/National Institute of Polar Research/Tokyo University of Fisheries 1986
• Subjects: Antarctic; Kita-no-seto; Syowa Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1879; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001879/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1879&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Siliceous cysts of 29 different morphological shapes were observed in the sea ice and sea water at the Kita-no-seto Strait, north of Syowa Station, Antarctica. Twenty species of those were newly discovered in the Antarctic waters. Cysts collected were in the size range of 3 to 10μm. They were tentat...