Oxygenic photosynthesis as driving process in exopolysaccharide production of benthic diatoms

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 193, Issue , 2000, Pages 261-269

  Staats, Natascha ^a,c   Stal, Lucas J ^b   De Winder, Ben ^a,d   Mur, Luuc R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cylindrotheca closterium; Diatoms; Exopolysaccharide; Extracellular polymeric substances; Intertidal sediments; Microphytobenthos; Photosynthesis; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTERIUM; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM;

EID: 0034724010     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps193261     Document Type: Article

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