Microalgal colonization in a saltmarsh restoration scheme

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-481

  Underwood, G J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biostabilization; Blackwater; diatoms; exopolymers; managed retreat; microalgae; microbial mats; salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOM; GREEN ALGAE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MICROALGAE; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH;

UK, ENGLAND, ESSEX, BLACKWATER ESTUARY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; OSCILLATORIA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 0031107072     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0138     Document Type: Article

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