Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean.
Includes bibliographical references. This study covered six oceanic regions within the south Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2008/2009. Four transects from Cape Town to Antarctica, Antarctica to South Georgia Island and the return reciprocal legs surveyed the following re...
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ftunivcapetownir:oai:localhost:11427/11731 2023-05-15T13:42:14+02:00 Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean. Kean, Erika Anne Lucas, Mike Thomalla, Sandy 2012 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11731 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/11731/1/thesis_sci_2012_kean_e.pdf eng eng University of Cape Town Faculty of Science Department of Biological Sciences http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11731 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/11731/1/thesis_sci_2012_kean_e.pdf Master Thesis Masters MSc 2012 ftunivcapetownir 2022-09-13T05:47:23Z Includes bibliographical references. This study covered six oceanic regions within the south Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2008/2009. Four transects from Cape Town to Antarctica, Antarctica to South Georgia Island and the return reciprocal legs surveyed the following regions, the Subtropical zone (STZ) north of the Subtropical Front (STF), the Northern Antarctic Circumpolar Current zone (N-ACC) from the STF to the Antarctic Polar Front (APF), the Antarctic zone (AAZ) from the APF to the Southern Boundary (SBdy) of the ACC, the Weddell Gyre zone south of the SBdy to 68°S, the Subantarctic Islands and Shallow Bathymetry zone (SAISB) and finally the Antarctic Continental Shelf zone (ACS), each providing a natural laboratory to test lightdependent uptake of both oxidised and reduced N species. Master Thesis Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South Georgia Island Southern Ocean University of Cape Town: OpenUCT Antarctic Austral South Georgia Island ENVELOPE(-36.750,-36.750,-54.250,-54.250) Southern Ocean The Antarctic Weddell |
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Includes bibliographical references. This study covered six oceanic regions within the south Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2008/2009. Four transects from Cape Town to Antarctica, Antarctica to South Georgia Island and the return reciprocal legs surveyed the following regions, the Subtropical zone (STZ) north of the Subtropical Front (STF), the Northern Antarctic Circumpolar Current zone (N-ACC) from the STF to the Antarctic Polar Front (APF), the Antarctic zone (AAZ) from the APF to the Southern Boundary (SBdy) of the ACC, the Weddell Gyre zone south of the SBdy to 68°S, the Subantarctic Islands and Shallow Bathymetry zone (SAISB) and finally the Antarctic Continental Shelf zone (ACS), each providing a natural laboratory to test lightdependent uptake of both oxidised and reduced N species. |
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Kean, Erika Anne Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean. |
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Kean, Erika Anne |
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Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean. |
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Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean. |
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Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean. |
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Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean. |
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Phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the Atlantic sector of the southern Ocean by Erika Anne Kean. |
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phytoplankton community structure, productivity and nitrogen metabolism as a function of light availability in the atlantic sector of the southern ocean by erika anne kean. |
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Antarctic Austral South Georgia Island Southern Ocean The Antarctic Weddell |
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Antarctic Austral South Georgia Island Southern Ocean The Antarctic Weddell |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South Georgia Island Southern Ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South Georgia Island Southern Ocean |
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