TY - JOUR N2 - Vertical distribution and quantitative and qualitative phytoplankton composition were studied in Ezcurra Inlet, Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands in the austral summer 1977/78. Nannoplankton flagellates, 12—15 μm in diameter and 4—6 μm "monads" were the principal algae of the plankton. Diatoms, present in a low abundance, were dominated by Thalassiosira antarctica and several species of the genera Nitzschia and Chaetoceros. Peaks of cell numbers within the 1—10 m surface stratum and at the bottom of the euphotic zone were characteristic of the vertical distribution of phytoplankton. Light, water movements and density micro-gradients were the likely factors controlling the vertical distribution of algae. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111636/PDF-MASTER/1980_4_077-096.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/111636 PY - 1980 IS - No 4 EP - 96 KW - Antarctic KW - phytoplankton KW - small-scale vertical distribution A1 - Kopczyńska, Elżbieta E. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 1 DA - 1980 T1 - Small-scale vertical distribution of phytoplankton in Ezcurra Inlet (Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands) SP - 77 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111636 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -