TY - JOUR N2 - Fjords of West Spitsbergen are very dynamic in terms of hydrology. Here we tested whether the qualitative analysis of the taxonomic composition of phytoplankton may be useful as a fast method to assess the origin of the waters and whether it can give any additional information to hydrological data. Phytoplankton samples were collected along transects in Hornsund and Kongsfjord. Among total of 109 taxa identified, only 49 were common in both fjords. The assemblages in Hornsund implied that inflow of the cold waters of the Sřrkapp Current had occurred some time before samples collection, while in Kongsfjord the taxonomic composition was typical for the summer and did not show any recent, unusual hydrological phenomenon. Concluding, the method can be useful in the surveys in which hydrological data are collected infrequently. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110639/PDF-MASTER/ppr26-259.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110639 PY - 2005 IS - No 4 EP - 268 KW - Arctic KW - Spitsbergen KW - summer phytoplankton KW - fjords KW - hydrology A1 - Wiktor, Józef A1 - Wojciechowska, Katarzyna PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 26 DA - 2005 T1 - Differences in taxonomic composition of summer phytoplankton in two fjords of West Spitsbergen, Svalbard SP - 259 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110639 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -