The fate of intertidal microphytobenthos carbon: An in situ 13C-labeling study

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1224-1234

  Middelburg, Jack J ^a   Barranguet, Christiane ^b   Boschker, Henricus T S ^a   Herman, Peter M J ^a   Moens, Tom ^c   Heip, Carlo H R ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT;

EID: 0033827114     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.6.1224     Document Type: Article

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