Primary production, respiration and calcification of the temperate free-living coralline alga Lithothamnion corallioides

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Martin, Sophie ^a   Castets, Marie Dorothée ^a   Clavier, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Calcification; Carbon budget; Coralline algae; Lithothamnion corallioides; Primary production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CORALLINE ALGA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION;

BAY OF BREST; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINISTERE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; LITHOTHAMNIUM CORALLIOIDES;

EID: 33745101823     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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