Ultraviolet-B radiation resistance of benthic diatoms isolated from tidal flats in the Dutch Wadden Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 163-168

  Peletier, H ^a   Gieskes, W W C ^a   Buma, A G J ^a  

^a University of Groningen Center of Biological Sciences Haren   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Growth; UVB sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0029788199     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135163     Document Type: Article

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