Influence of spring phytodetritus sedimentation on intertidal macrozoobenthos in the eastern English Channel

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 270, Issue , 2004, Pages 41-53

  Desroy, Nicolas ^a   Denis, Lionel ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

Macrobenthos; Organic matter input; Phaeocystis spp. bloom; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEDIMENTATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 2442468103     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps270041     Document Type: Article

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