Relating spatial and temporal variability in sediment chlorophyll a and carbohydrate distribution with erodibility of a tidal flat

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 885-893

  Lucas, Cathy H ^a   Widdows, John ^b   Wall, Lauri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL A; ERODIBILITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL FLAT;

NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

EID: 0142167491     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803347     Document Type: Article

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