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Résumé :
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During a 15-month survey of standing stock phytoplankton at three coastal sites along Kerguelen Main Island, some hydrological as well as biological parameters differences between sites were noticed. The more sheltered site, at the head of the large Port-Raymond fjord (PRAY) on the north side of Morbihan Bay, was characterized by high and relatively stable salinity, a well defined cycle of phytoplankton biomass (up to 2 mu g Chl a l(-1), November-January), and high ammonium concentrations following the phytoplankton bloom (January-February, up to 5 mu M) that were probably also related to kelp degradation. At Port-Aux-Franqais (PAF), at the entrance of the Morbihan Bay, the salinity decreased with increasing water discharge in winter; the bloom, starting with the spring increase in water temperature, was intense and consisted of several short peaks in summer (late November-February, up to 11.2 mu g Chl a l(-1) in 1992). The third site, at the head of the deep Portes-Noires fjord (PN), South Kerguelen, was characterized by frequent discharges from glacier-rivers, very low water temperature (min. 2 degrees C in August, max. 5 degrees C in January-March), low NH(4)(+) values (
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