Biochemical partitioning of photosynthetically fixed carbon by benthic diatoms during short-term incubations at different irradiances

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 21-31

  Wolfstein, K ^a,b   De Brouwer, J F C ^a   Stal, L J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cylindrotheca closterium; Extracellular polymeric substances; Microphytobenthos; P E curves; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON FIXATION; DIATOM; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS;

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

EID: 0037132705     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245021     Document Type: Article

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