Taxonomic survey of the microphytobenthic communities of two Tagus estuary mudflats

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Ribeiro, Lourenço ^a   Brotas, Vanda ^a   Mascarell, Gérard ^b   Couté, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Microphytobenthos; Species identification; Tagus estuary

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUDFLAT; PHYTOBENTHOS;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS ESTUARY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CLOSTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROTHECA; CYLINDROTHECA CLOSTERIUM; CYLINDROTHECA SIGNATA; EUGLENIDA; FASCIOLA; GYROSIGMA; GYROSIGMA FASCIOLA; NAVICULA; NAVICULA GREGARIA; STAUROPHORA AMPHIOXYS;

EID: 0037699989     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(03)00012-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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