Biological cycling of carbon, nitrogen and silicon in Arctic and sub-Arctic Marine waters: insights from phytoplankton studies in the laboratory and the field

• Main Author: Kelly, Brianne
• Other Authors: Varela, Diana
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: marine; phytoplankton; nutrient cycling; Arctic; sub-Arctic; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Biology; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Anadyr'; Antarc*; Antarctica; Barrow; Chukchi; Phytoplankton; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1039

This thesis characterizes the cycling of carbon, nitrogen and silicon by marine polar diatoms through the aid of a field study and a laboratory study. Field studies were conducted along a transect from Victoria, Canada to Barrow, Alaska and particulate carbon, nitrogen and silicon, chlorophyll a, ni...