Project information
Project aim
Phytoplankton is the basis of the Antarctic food web. The patchy distribution of these algae is thought to be controlled by ocean currents in the Southern Ocean. We will explore how climate change influences the health and distribution of phytoplankton.
Related publications
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State transitions and nonphotochemical quenching during a nutrient-induced fluorescence transient in phosphorus-starved Dunaliella tertiolecta Journal of Phycology, 2008
(Ref: 13796)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Assessments of nutrient-limitation in microalgae … using chl a fluorescence have revealed that nitrogen … and phosphorus depletion can be detected as a … change in chl a fluorescence signal when nutrientstarved … algae are resupplied with the limiting nutrient.
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Short-term effect of temperature on the photokinetics of microalgae from the surface layers of Antarctic pack ice Journal of Phycology, 2005
(Ref: 13040)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Spring sea ice photosynthesis, primary productivity and biomass distribution in eastern Antarctica, 2002-2004 Marine Biology, 2007
(Ref: 13041)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Acclimation of Antarctic bottom-ice algal communities to lowered salinities during melting. Polar Biology, 2004
(Ref: 12029)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Sea-ice brine algal communities were exposed … to salinities between 30 and 10& during melting. There … was a progressive decline in maximum quantum yield, relative electron transfer rate (rETRmax) and photosynthetic … efficiency (a) with decreasing salinity of the final … melted sample.