Response of benthic microbial mats to drifting green algal mats

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-208

  Sundbäck, Kristina ^a   Carlson, Lena ^a   Nilsson, Claes ^a   Jönsson, Benno ^a,b   Wulff, Angela ^a   Odmark, Svante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Diatoms; Gyrosigma; Light; Meiofauna; Motility; Nutrients; Oxygen; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001707790     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame010195     Document Type: Article

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