Picocyanobacteria in the high Arctic
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Inter-Research Science Center in Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Vol. 52 (1) , 99-101
- https://doi.org/10.3354/meps052099
Abstract
The occurrence of picocyanobacteria was studied in May 1988 in the ice-covered East Greenland Current at 80.degree.N. Within the upper 200 m of the water column the number of picocyanobacteria decreased from the warm Atlantic Intermediate Water (AIW) to the cold Polar Water (PW), where they were practically absent. It is suggested that picocyanobacteria can serve as indicator organisms for the advection of warm water masses into polar regions.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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