The role of a macroalgal covering event on the microphytobenthos community in intertidal sediment (Marano Lagoon, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 370-383

  Sdrigotti, Elisabetta ^a   Welker, Chiara ^b  

^a Laboratory of Marine Biology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic production respiration; Btsindex; Macroalgae cover; Marano lagoon (northern adriatic sea); Microphytobenthos

Indexed keywords

CLADOPHORA;

EID: 25444504544     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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