@ARTICLE{Ligowski_Ryszard_Algae_1988, author={Ligowski, Ryszard and Lipski, Maciej and Zieliński, Krzysztof}, volume={vol. 9}, number={No 2-3}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={217-229}, howpublished={online}, year={1988}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={Chlorophyll a content and the density and species composition of algae were determined in drifting sea ice north of the Elephant Island (between 54-56°W and 60°30'—61°00'S) at the end of October 1986. In yellow-brownish pieces of brash ice the amount of chlorophyll α was on average 203.5 ± 149.9 mg m-3 at the density of algal cells of 255.7+137.8-103 in cm3. In not visibly discoloured ice the respective values were about 80 times lower, and in surface water about 700 times lower. 69 algal taxa were recorded in the samples, almost all of which were diatoms. Nitzschia cylindrus dominated in all the samples. A comparison of species composition in the investigated habitats revealed that the highest species similarities occurred between samples collected in discoloured ice, lower in the uncoloured ice and the lowest ones in water.}, type={Article}, title={Algae of drifting sea ice north of Elephant Island (BIOMASS III, October 1986)}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111261/PDF-MASTER/1988_2-3_217-229.pdf}, keywords={Antarctica, sea ice algae, chlorophyll α, drifting ice, BIOMASS III}, }