Remote sensing reveals Antarctic green snow algae as important terrestrial carbon sink.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 05 2020
20 05 2020
Historique:
received:
23
12
2019
accepted:
02
04
2020
entrez:
21
5
2020
pubmed:
21
5
2020
medline:
25
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We present the first estimate of green snow algae community biomass and distribution along the Antarctic Peninsula. Sentinel 2 imagery supported by two field campaigns revealed 1679 snow algae blooms, seasonally covering 1.95 × 10
Identifiants
pubmed: 32433543
doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16018-w
pii: 10.1038/s41467-020-16018-w
pmc: PMC7239900
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carbon
7440-44-0
Banques de données
figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4893771']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2527Subventions
Organisme : Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ID : BB/I013164/1
Pays : United Kingdom
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