Spatial and temporal patterns of microphytobenthic taxa of estuarine tidal flats in the Tagus Estuary (Portugal) using pigment analysis by HPLC

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 171, Issue , 1998, Pages 43-57

  Brotas, V ^a   Plante Cuny, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chloropigments; Estuarine mud flats; HPLC; Microphytobenthos; Tagus; Taxonomic markers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOBENTHOS; PIGMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL FLAT;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 0032192496     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps171043     Document Type: Article

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