Nature and ecological implications of algal pigment diversity on the Molenplaat tidal flat (Westerschelde estuary, SW Netherlands)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 51-64

  Lucas, Cathy H ^a   Holligan, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algal pigments; Degradation processes; Diatoms; HLC; Microphytobenthos; Sedimentation; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; SEDIMENT;

NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

ALGAE; ARENICOLA MARINA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033519443     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180051     Document Type: Article

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