In situ measurements of exopolymer production by intertidal epipelic diatom-dominated biofilms in the Humber estuary

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 139, Issue , 1998, Pages 125-134

  Underwood, Graham J C ^a   Smith, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; DIATOM; EXOPOLYMER; POLYMER PRODUCTION;

BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATE; DIATOM; EXOPOLYMER; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0032468547     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.139.01.10     Document Type: Article

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