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The distribution of salinity, silicon and phosphorus contents, and hydrolytic enzyme activities along a sea–coast transect was studied in melted ice cores and water samples taken from under the ice cover in the periods of active ice formation and melting in the Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea. The species list of identified algae was compiled, which included 170 species and varieties (90% of them belonged to diatoms). Strong correlations were revealed between the salinity of water samples and the content of silicon, protease activity, and the species composition of algae. Preliminary estimations of the rate of photosynthetic processes in individual cells of algae belonging to the mass species of the ice flora are discussed.
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Melnikov, I.A., Korneeva, G.A., Zhitina, L.S. et al. Dynamics of Ecological–Biochemical Characteristics of Sea Ice in Coastal Waters of the White Sea. Biology Bulletin 30, 164–171 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023245407249
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