Microphytobenthic primary production along a non-tidal sandy beach gradient: An annual study from the Baltic Sea

Oceanologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 705-720

  Urban Malinga, Barbara ^a   Wiktor, Józef ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Chlorophyll a; Microphytobenthos; Primary production; Sandy beach

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CHLOROPHYLL A; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0842269731     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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