Summer phytoplankton succession in Ellis Fjord, eastern Antarctica

1 January 1993

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Plankton Research

Vol. 15 (8) , 925-938
https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/15.8.925

Abstract

Spring phytoplankton communities in the water column of Ellis Fjord are characterized by diatoms originating from the bottom sea-ice strand community. Upon ice breakout in early summer, these are replaced by blooms of the phytoflagellates, Phaeocystis pouchetii, Cryptomonas cryophila, Pyramimonas gelidicola, silicoflagellatcs and dinoflagellates. The narrow entrance of the fjord and the development of summer stratification is probably limiting the availability of nutrients and containing the magnitude of the small bloom (maximum 2.8 × 10⁶ cells l⁻¹).

Keywords

PHYTOPLANKTON
SUMMER
DINOFLAGELLATES
ICE
ELLIS FJORD
GELIDICOLA
CRYOPHILA
SILICOFLAGELLATCS

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