Acclimatation à la nuit polaire puis au retour de la lumière chez la diatomée arctique Fragilariopsis cylindrus

• Main Author: Morin, Philippe-Israël
• Other Authors: Babin, Marcel
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: Université Laval 2017
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Retour; Arctique*; ice algae; Phytoplankton; polar night; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/27908

Polar winter in the Arctic can last as long as 6 months each year at high latitude. During this period, no light is available for photoautotrophic growth. Nevertheless, when light returns in spring, a sea-ice algae and phytoplankton bloom develops in the surface ocean layers. Therefore, the followin...