The biomass, productivity, physiology and grazing pressures of phytoplankton during the polar winter in the Ross Sea region

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Title: The biomass, productivity, physiology and grazing pressures of phytoplankton during the polar winter in the Ross Sea region
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What happens to primary production during the long polar night was investigated in the Ross Sea region. Phytoplankton samples were obtained from the water column at Cape Armitage and Cape Evans. Phytoplankton chlorophyll biomass was assessed by standard fluorometric methods using filtered samples. The photosynthesis rate (productivity) and photophysiology of phytoplankton was measured using Water PAM and Microscope PAM to determine maximum quantum yield of fluorescence, the photoadaptive index (Ek), relative electron transfer rate (reIETRmas) and photosynthetic efficiency on cells of common species. This was used to determine which taxa are the most physiological active and which are more able to adapt to the low light conditions of winter. The allocation of photosynthate into protein, polysaccaride, lipid and low molecular weight metabolites in naturally occurring phytoplankton and sea ice algae communities was examined. Phytoplankton growth rate and grazing rates were determined by measuring chlorophyll a concentrations over time from sea water samples containing variable ciliates and flagellates densities. Using phytoplankton and bacteria from sea ice, the rates of sea ice bacteria and algal growth and rates of grazing by zooplankton was assessed.
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REFERENCE: McMinn, A., Martin, A. and Ryan, K.G. 2010. Phytoplankton and sea ice algal biomass and physiology during the transition between winter and spring (McMurdo Sound, Antarctica). Polar Biology DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0844-6.
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE HABITAT
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > GRAZING DYNAMICS/PLANT HERBIVORY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > BIODIVERSITY FUNCTIONS
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS
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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CAPE ARMITAGE
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > CAPE EVANS
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > ROSS ISLAND
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA
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Contact_Person: KEN RYAN
Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR
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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Victoria University of Wellington
Address: School of Biological Sciences
Address: PO BOX 600
City: Wellington
Postal_Code: 6140
Country: New Zealand
Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 4 463 6083
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 4 463 5331
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ken.ryan@vuw.ac.nz
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Existing samples are held at Victoria University of Wellington with a spreadsheet of sample numbers. All raw data is held by the investigators. Please contact Dr Ken Ryan for more information.
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Contact_Organization: NZ/NZAI/ANZ > Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Antarctic Institute, New Zealand
Contact_Person: SHULAMIT GORDON
Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand
Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: s.gordon@antarcticanz.govt.nz
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050922
Metadata_Review_Date: 20100920
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Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: SHULAMIT GORDON
Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Antarctica New Zealand
Address: Private Bag 4745
City: Christchurch
Country: New Zealand
Contact_Voice_Telephone: +64 3 358 0200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +64 3 358 0211
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: s.gordon@antarcticanz.govt.nz
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