The use of HPLC pigment analysis to study microphytobenthos communities

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Brotas, Vanda ^a   Plante Cuny, Marie Reine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

HPLC analysis; Microphytobenthos; Pigment composition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYTOBENTHOS; PIGMENT;

EID: 0037663927     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(03)00013-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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