Effect of permanent sea ice cover and different nutrient regimes on the phytoplankton succession of fjords of the Vestfold Hills Oasis, eastern Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Plankton Research
• Main Authors: McMinn, A, Bleakley, N, Steinberner, K, Roberts, D, Trenerry, LJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2000
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Omega Bay; Taynaya Bay; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/22.2.287; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/20150

Early season phytoplankton communities in both Omega and Taynaya Bays are characterized by diatoms sedimenting out of the overlying sea ice. Initial nitrate, phosphate and silicate levels are high and the bay waters are covered with ice and well mixed. In Taynaya Bay the ice cover is retained throug...