Elemental and fatty acid composition of snow algae in arctic habitats
Red, orange or green snow is the macroscopic phenomenon comprising different eukaryotic algae. Little is known about the ecology and nutrient regimes in these algal communities. Therefore, 8 snow algal communities from 5 intensively tinted snow fields in western-Spitsbergen were analysed for nutrien...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00380/full |