Diatom quantification and their distribution with salinity brines in coastal sediments of Terra Nova Bay (Antarctica).

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: F. Baldi, C. Facca, D. Marchetto, T. N. M. Nguyen, SPURIO, Roberto
• Other Authors: F., Baldi, C., Facca, D., Marchetto, T. N. M., Nguyen, Spurio, Roberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic Region; Biodiversity; Diatom; classification/growth /&/ development/ultrastructure; Geologic Sediment; Microscopy; Electron; Scanning; Population Dynamic; Salinity; Seawater; chemistry; Antarctic; Terra Nova Bay; Gerlache; Gerlache Inlet; Penguin Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11581/218537; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.02.005

Benthic diatoms represent an important element of global nutritional productivity; to raise attention on their role, which is often neglected due to analytical difficulties, surface (1 cm top layer) coastal sediments from Gerlache inlet to Penguin Bay at Terra Nova Bay were collected and stored at -...