Growth and Productivity of Antarctic Sea Ice Algae under PAR and UV Irradiances

• Published in: Botanica Marina
• Main Authors: McMinn, A, Ashworth, CM, Ryan, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter & Co 1999
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Antarctic; Cape Evans; Antarc*; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/BOT.1999.046; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/16765

A light perturbation experiment on sea ice at Cape Evans in 1996 found significant differences in biomass accumulation between ice algal assemblages exposed to additional UVB, UVA and PAR irradiances and those exposed to either control or elevated PAR and UVA without UVB. Sea ice with its snow cover...