Snow algal blooms and their habitat conditions observed at Syowa Station, Antarctica

Correlations between snow algal blooms and their habitat conditions were studied at Syowa Station, Antarctica, in the austral summer of 1984. The study site was under artificial eutrophication by the nutrients derived from the carcasses of the Weddell seal. Snow algal blooms occurred abundantly in t...

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Main Authors: Shingo Ishikawa, Osamu Matsuda, Kouichi Kawaguchi
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi University 1986
Subjects:
Austral
Syowa Station
Weddell
Antarc*
Antarctica
Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research
Polar Research
Weddell Seal
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Summary:Correlations between snow algal blooms and their habitat conditions were studied at Syowa Station, Antarctica, in the austral summer of 1984. The study site was under artificial eutrophication by the nutrients derived from the carcasses of the Weddell seal. Snow algal blooms occurred abundantly in the places where the meltwater was staying and permeating, and in the upper and under layers of the surface of unconformity where the meltwater was flowing down, but they were not always abundant around the carcasses of the Weddell seal. The concentrations of chlorophyll-a showed the significant correlations with those of phosphate-P and ammonium-N.

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