Microphytobenthic communities of subtidal locations in New Zealand: Taxonomy, biomass, production, and food-web implications

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-53

  Gillespie, Paul A ^a   Maxwell, Paul D ^a,b   Rhodes, Lesley L ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Berkeleya; Chlorophyll a; Food web; Gyrosigma; Microphytobenthos; Oxygen; Paralia; Pleurosigma; Primary production; Subtidal sediments

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TAXONOMY;

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AMARA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BERKELEYA; BERKELEYA RUTILANS; GYROSIGMA; NAVICULACEAE; PARALIA; PARALIA MARINA; PLEUROSIGMA; PLEUROSIGMA AMARA; RAPHIDAE; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0033903240     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2000.9516914     Document Type: Article

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