Periphyton communities in experimental marine ecosystems: Scaling the effects of removal from container walls

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 271, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-41

  Chen, Chung Chi ^a,b   Kemp, W Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Experimental ecosystems; Gross primary production; Mesocosms; Nutrients; Periphyton; Phytoplankton; Scale; Sediment microalgae; Wall cleaning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; PERIPHYTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGAE;

EID: 2542418364     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps271027     Document Type: Article

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