Response of microphytobenthos to flow and trophic variation in two South African temporarily open/closed estuaries

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-22

  Perissinotto, Renzo ^a   Iyer, Kogilam ^a,b   Nozais, Christian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KwaZulu Natal University   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Freshwater inflow; Microphytobenthic biomass; Nutrients; South Africa; Temporarily open closed estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; NUTRIENT; PHYTOBENTHOS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 32944475214     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.002     Document Type: Article

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