Photosynthetic characteristics of benthic microalgae and seagrass in Lake Illawarra, Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 515, Issue , 2004, Pages 147-159

  Qu, Wenchuan ^a,b   Su, Chenwei ^a   West, R J ^a   Morrison, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Lake Illawarra; P I parameters; Photosynthesis; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

MICROALGAE; SEAGRASS; WATER DEPTHS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COASTAL LAGOON; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE ILLAWARRA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 1842586711     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027326.46856.0a     Document Type: Article

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