Chaetoceros resting spores in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Ferrario, Martha Elba, Sar, Eugenia Alicia, Vernet, Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Chlorophyll; Surface Water; Vegetative Cell; Chlorophyll Fluorescence; Common Phenomenon; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Brabant; Brabant Island; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; Wilhelmina; Wilhelmina Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/133055

The formation of resting spores in diatoms is a common phenomenon in neritic environments. Here we report on resting spores of the genus Chaetoceros associated with a layer of increased chlorophyll fluorescence, at a depth of more than 200 m, north of Brabant Island and in Wilhelmina Bay, southeast...