Fortnightly light and temperature variability in estuarine intertidal sediments and implications for microphytobenthos primary productivity

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-241

  Serôdio, João ^a   Catarino, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Intertidal areas; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetically active radiation; Tagus estuary; Tides

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIDAL CYCLE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 0342700247     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009989229098     Document Type: Article

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