Primary production, phytoplankton and light in Straumsbukta near Tromso
Throndsen, J.; Heimdal, B.R. (1976). Primary production, phytoplankton and light in Straumsbukta near Tromso. Astarte 9(2): 51-60
In: Astarte: Journal of Arctic Biology. Universitetsforlaget: Tromsø. ISSN 0044-9768, more
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Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Biological production > Primary production
Chaetoceros debilis Cleve, 1894 emend Xu, Y.Li & Lundholm in Xu et al., 2020 [WoRMS]; Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) W.W.Hay & H.Mohler, 1967 [WoRMS]; Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot) Lagerheim, 1896 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal; Fresh water |
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- Throndsen, J.
- Heimdal, B.R.
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The investigation includes measurements of primary production in situ, light extinction at 450 nm, 522 nm, 583 nm and 653 nm, and phytoplankton composition at one station in Straumsbukta (60° 33 . 5'N, 18° 37'E) at four different seasons. Primary production varied with a factor of 10 SUP-13 from winter to summer, and production in summer was at noon 60 times that of midnight. Size fractions passing a 5 mu m nylon net conributed with 6% (summer) - 73% (winter) of the production in surface water samples. Nanoplankton flagellates, Phaeocystis pouchetii, Chaetoceros debilis and Coccolithus (Emiliania) huxleyi were the main phytoplankton species in December, April, July and September, respectively. |
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