The photosynthetic light dispensation system: Application to microphytobenthic primary production measurements

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 1998, Pages 63-71

  Wolfstein, Kirsten ^a,b   Hartig, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

German Wadden Sea; Microphytobenthos; Photosynthetic Light Dispensation System; Primary production

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; MICROPHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

WADDEN SEA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0032575026     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps166063     Document Type: Article

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