Spatial patterns of benthic diatoms, carbohydrates and mud on a tidal flat in the Ems-Dollard estuary

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 448, Issue , 2001, Pages 107-115

  Staats, Natascha ^a,b   De Deckere, Eric M G T ^c,d   De Winder, Ben ^a,e   Stal, Lucas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Chlorophyll a; Ems Dollard estuary; Estuarine sedimentation; Intertidal environment; Phytobenthos

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLOROPHYLL; ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WATER;

BENTHIC DIATOMS; BIOSTABILIZATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE; DIATOM; MUD; PHYTOBENTHOS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT;

NETHERLANDS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035299671     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017545204214     Document Type: Article

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