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Phytoplankton Community Changes. Barents Sea.
  69°-72°N, 33°30´E  •  1921 vs. 1997

Phytoplankton Community Changes
Data
Vessel Date Stations/Samples

 
 
Sokolitsa June, 1921 5/12
Dalnie Zelentsi June, 1997  7/15
Characteristics
Number of cells, biodiversity, percent of Arctic and oceanic species.
Conclusion
Each of the analyzed characteristics shows that conditions for phytoplankton development were more favorable in 1921 than in 1997.

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