Phytodetritus at the sediment-water interface, NW Mediterranean Basin: Spatial repartition, living cells signatures, meiofaunal relationships

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-21

  Riaux Gobin, Catherine ^a   Dinet, Alain ^a   Dugué, Grégory ^b   Vétion, Gilles ^a   Maria, Eric ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Deep sea phytodetritus; Meiofauna; NW Mediterranean Basin; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MEIOFAUNA; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 2542594009     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n17     Document Type: Article

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