In situ net primary productivity of an Antarctic fast ice bottom algal community

• Published in: Aquatic Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: McMinn, A, Ashworth, CM, Ryan, KG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2000
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Cape Evans; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/ame021177; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/20145

Net primary production was measured in situ in an Antarctic fast ice bottom algal mat at Cape Evans, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Under-ice PAR irradiances between 18 November and 4 December 1997 were between 3 and 55 mol photons m-2 s-1. This produced a net oxygen export between 0.0084 and 0.0440 nmo...