Factors controlling primary production and photosynthetic characteristics of intertidal microphytobenthos

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 173, Issue , 1998, Pages 117-126

  Barranguet, Christiane ^a,b   Kromkamp, Jacco ^a   Peene, Jan ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microphytobenthos; Photosynthetic characteristics; Primary production; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MICROORGANISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TIDAL FLAT;

NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0032511961     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps173117     Document Type: Article

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