Total oxygen fluxes, and diatom density, diatom biomass and diversity of the diatom community in spring 2016 and environmental photosynthetically active radiation from 2015 and 2016 from three stations in Potter Cove, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hoffmann, Ralf, Al-Handal, Adil Yousif, Wulff, Angela, Hasemann, Christiane, Braeckman, Ulrike, Deregibus, Dolores, Quartino, Maria Liliana, Zacher, Katharina, Holtappels, Moritz, Wenzhöfer, Frank
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Potter Cove; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.893276; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.893276

The Antarctic Peninsula experiences a fast retreat of glaciers, which correlates with an increased release of particles and related increased sedimentation and thus, a decrease in the available light for benthic primary production. We investigated how changes in the general sedimentation and shading...