Use of in vivo chlorophyll a fluorescence to quantify short-term variations in the productive biomass of intertidal microphytobenthos

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 218, Issue , 2001, Pages 45-61

  Serodio J ^a   Da Silva, J M ^a   Catarino, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Light absorption; Microphytobenthos; Migratory rhythms; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; PHYTOBENTHOS;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS ESTUARY;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035920372     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps218045     Document Type: Article

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