Microbenthos in a hypersaline tidal lagoon: Factors affecting microhabitat, community structure and mass exchange at the sediment-water interface

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-69

  Garcia De Lomas J ^a   Corzo, A ^a   Garcia C M ^a   Van Bergeijk, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Biotic factors; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Microbenthic community; Microbial mat; Microelectrodes

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES;

EID: 13944277708     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame038053     Document Type: Article

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