Nutrient regeneration in maritime Antarctic sediments

• Main Authors: Tanner, A. C., Herbert, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institut für Meereskunde 1981
• Subjects: Antarctic; Signy Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56164/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56164/1/Tanner_AC_1981.pdf

Primary productivity in Antarctic inshore coastal waters at Signy Island is high (2 g C · m-2 · day-1) compared with oceanic production (0.5 g C · m-2 · day-1). Seasonal changes in phytoplankton, inorganic nutrients, total viable bacterial populations, proteolytic bacteria, denitrifying bacteria and...