Antarctic coastal microalgal primary production and photosynthesis

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: McMinn, A, Ashworth, C, Bhagooli, R, Martin, A, Salleh, S, Ralph, P, Ryan, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology); Antarctic; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2044-0; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/81441

Primary production in coastal Antarctica is primarily contributed from three sources: sea ice algae, phytoplankton, and microphytobenthos. Compared to other eastern Antarctic sites, the sea ice microalgal biomass at Casey Station, in spring 2005 was relatively low, 3.841.67 to 21.613.3mg chl- a m −2...