Title:    Palmer LTER:  Impact of a large diatom bloom on macronutrient 
          distribution in Arthur Harbor during austral summer 1991-1992.
Authors:  Mark A. Moline and Barbara B.B Prezelin 
Palmer LTER Contribution No. 41
ANTJ, 1994 Review, Vol. 29, No. 5, 217-219

A set of stations, within 3.2 kilometers of Palmer Station, was
established as part of the Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
program to discern patterns and time/space scales of trophic
variability within the foraging range of the local bird populations
(Waters and Smith 1992).  Here, we present observations from station B
(z=70 meters), located off Bonaparte Point within Arthur Harbor, which
was intensely sampled from 21 November 1991 to 27 February 1992.  The
subset of Palmer 1991-1992 data from station B illustrates the timing
and magnitude of formation and dissipation of a large summer diatom
bloom and the significant impact that bloom had on inorganic nutrient
availability within the water column.