Long-term changes in intertidal estuarine diatom assemblages related to reduced input of organic waste

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 265-271

  Peletier, H ^a  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ems Dollard estuary; Estuarine diatoms; Grazing; Organic pollution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DIATOMS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MUDFLAT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SUCCESSION; WASTE REDUCTION;

NETHERLANDS, DOLLARD ESTUARY; NETHERLANDS, EMS ESTUARY;

NAVICULA PYGMAEA; NAVICULA SALINARUM;

EID: 0029669628     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137265     Document Type: Article

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