Within-day and seasonal patterns of microphytobenthos biomass determined by co-measurement of sediment and water column chlorophylls in the intertidal mudflat of Nanaura, Saga, Ariake Sea, Japan

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 42-52

  Koh, Chul Hwan ^a   Khim, Jong Seong ^a   Araki, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamanishi, Hiroyuki ^b   Koga, Kenichi ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ariake Sea; chlorophyll; microphytobenthos biomass; tidal flat

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENTRAINMENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MUDFLAT; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ARIAKE BAY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NANAURA; SAGA;

EID: 33847069573     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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