Microphytobenthos: The ecological role of the 'secret garden' of unvegetated, shallow-water marine habitats. II. Role in sediment stability and shallow-water food webs

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-212

  Miller, Douglas C ^a   Geider, Richard J ^a   Macintyre, Hugh L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

BURROWING; ERODIBILITY; GRAZING; LITTORAL ZONE; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; MICROSCOPIC ALGAE; PELLETIZATION; PHYTOBENTHOS; SEDIMENT PROPERTIES;

EID: 0029789167     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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