Control of the short-term dynamics of intertidal microphytobenthos by the exondation-submersion cycle;Controle de la dynamique a court terme du microphytobenthos intertidal par le cycle exondation-submersion

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 321, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-508

  Blanchard, Gérard F ^a   Guarini, Jean Marc ^a   Bacher, Cédric ^a   Huet, Valérie ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Intertidal mudflat; Microphytobenthos; Short term dynamics; Tidal cycle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; OSCILLATION; SEA; SEASHORE;

EID: 0032102665     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(98)80782-8     Document Type: Article

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