Microphytobenthos production in the Gulf of Fos, French Mediterranean coast

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 333, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-193

  Barranguet, Christiane ^a,b   Plante Cuny, Marie Reine ^a   Alivon, Eliane ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mediterranean coast; microphytobenthos; plant pigments; primary production

Indexed keywords

MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; OXYGEN PRODUCTION; PHYTOBENTHOS; PLANT PIGMENTS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, GULF OF FOS;

EID: 0030302582     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00013432     Document Type: Article

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