Low seasonality of low concentrations of surface chlorophyll in the Subantarctic water ring: underwater irradiance, iron, or grazing?

K Banse - Progress in oceanography, 1996 - Elsevier
In-situ surface chlorophyll concentrations (usually with phaeopigment) in the Pacific and
Indian ocean sectors of the Subantarctic water ring (between the Subtropical Convergence …

Surface chlorophyll concentrations in relation to the Antarctic Polar Front: seasonal and spatial patterns from satellite observations

JK Moore, MR Abbott - Journal of Marine Systems, 2002 - Elsevier
Satellite ocean color data from the Sea Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) are
used to investigate phytoplankton bloom dynamics at the Antarctic Polar Front (PF). Satellite …

Episodic enhancement of phytoplankton stocks in New Zealand subantarctic waters: Contribution of atmospheric and oceanic iron supply

PW Boyd, G McTainsh, V Sherlock… - Global …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Around 30% of oceanic waters are high nitrate low chlorophyll (HNLC) where low iron levels
limit algal growth. HNLC waters have mainly been studied using shipboard and lab …

Deep chlorophyll a maxima (DCMs) in pelagic Antarctic waters. II. Relation to bathymetric features and dissolved iron concentrations

O Holm-Hansen, M Kahru, CD Hewes - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2005 - int-res.com
A deep chlorophyll a maximum (DCM) at depths between 60 and 90 m in waters south of the
Antarctic Polar Front (APF) occurs only in pelagic waters where the chlorophyll a …

Photosynthesis-irradiance relationships of Antarctic phytoplankton during austral winter

RI Brightman, WO Smith Jr - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1989 - JSTOR
Results from photosynthesis-irradiance (PI) experiments were used to examine
photosynthetic adaptations of phytoplankton populations from the Bransfield Strait region in …

In situ evidence for a nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth in pelagic Antarctic waters

O Holm-Hansen, AF Amos, V Villafañe… - Antarctic …, 1994 - cambridge.org
Studies in a large (30000 km2) sampling grid around Elephant Island, Antarctica, during
January–March of four successive years (1990–1993) have shown that one of the water …

Wintertime controls on summer stratification and productivity at the western Antarctic Peninsula

HJ Venables, A Clarke… - Limnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We report results collected year‐round since 1998 in northern Marguerite Bay, just inside
the Antarctic Circle. The magnitude of the spring phytoplankton bloom is much reduced …

Near-surface phytoplankton pigment from the Coastal Zone Color Scanner in the Subantarctic region southeast of New Zealand

K Banse, DC English - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1997 - int-res.com
Primarily based on satellite images, the phytoplankton concentration southeast
(downstream) of New Zealand in the High Nitrate-Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) Subantarctic …

Light-dependence of phytoplankton photosynthesis in the Antarctic Ocean: implications for regulating productivity

MM Tilzer, B Von Bodungen, V Smetacek - Antarctic nutrient cycles and …, 1985 - Springer
The relationships of vertical profiles of phytoplankton photosynthesis to under-water light
were studied at 23 stations in the South Scotia Sea and Bransfield Strait. On 3 occasions …

Limitation of algal growth by iron deficiency in the Australian Subantarctic region

PN Sedwick, GR DiTullio, DA Hutchins… - Geophysical …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
In March 1998 we measured iron in the upper water column and conducted iron‐and
nutrient‐enrichment bottle‐incubation experiments in the open‐ocean Subantarctic region …