Daily variation patterns in seagrass photosynthesis along a vertical gradient

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 257, Issue , 2003, Pages 37-44

  Silva, João ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cymodocea nodosa; Daily variation; Intertidal; PAM; Photosynthesis; Pulse amplitude modulated fluorescence; Seagrasses; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; HALOPHILA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA MARITIMA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0042355440     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps257037     Document Type: Article

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