Spatial Distribution, Structure, Biomass, and Physiology of Microbial Assemblages across the Southern Ocean Frontal Zones during the Late Austral Winter

• Main Authors: Hanson, Roger B., Lowery, H. Kenneth
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1985
• Subjects: General Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Austral; Drake Passage; Narrow Passage; Pacific; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC238500; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16346777

We examined the spatial distributions of picoplankton, nanoplankton, and microplankton biomass and physiological state relative to the hydrography of the Southern Ocean along 90° W longitude and across the Drake Passage in the late austral winter. The eastern South Pacific Ocean showed some large-sc...