Seasonal changes in ambient phosphate and phosphatase activities of the cyanobacterium Rivularia atra in intertidal pools at Tyne Sands, Scotland

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 325, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-212

  Yelloly, J M ^a   Whitton, B A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Decomposing seaweed; Hair; Intertidal; Laminaria; Phosphate; Phosphomonoesterase; Rivularia; Rock pool; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

RIVULARIA ATRA;

CYANOBACTERIA; INTERTIDAL ZONE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATES; ROCK POOL; SEASONALITY;

UK, SCOTLAND, TYNE SANDS;

EID: 0029669511     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00014985     Document Type: Article

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