Chlorophyll a concentration as an index of sediment surface stabilisation by microphytobenthos?

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1351-1372

  Riethmuller R ^a   Heineke, M ^a   Kuhl H ^a   Keuker Rudiger R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Institute for Applied Biology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom erosion; Diatoms; Europe; German Bight; Pigments; Sediment properties; Tidal flats; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; EROSION; PHYTOBENTHOS; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TIDAL FLAT;

WADDEN SEA;

EID: 0342785234     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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