Modelling the mud surface temperature on intertidal flats to investigate the spatio-temporal dynamics of the benthic microalgal photosynthetic capacity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Guarini, J M ^a   Blanchard, G F ^a   Gros, Ph ^a   Harrison, S J ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inter tidal mudflat; Microphytobenthos; Mud surface temperature modelling; Photosynthetic capacity; Physical biological coupled models

Indexed keywords

MICROALGAE; MUD SURFACE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; TEMPERATURE; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS;

CHARENTE-MARITIME; CHARENTES; FRANCE; MARENNES-OLERON BAY;

EID: 0030843693     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps153025     Document Type: Article

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