Antarctic coastal microalgal primary production and photosynthesis

• Main Authors: McMinn, A, Ashworth, C, Bhagooli, R, Martin, A, Salleh, S, Ralph, P, Ryan, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Marine Biology & Hydrobiology; Antarctic; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/22811

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, 3.84 ± 1.67 to 21.6 ± 13.3 mg chl-...