Short-term variability of intertidal benthic community production during emersion and the implication in annual budget calculation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 333, Issue , 2007, Pages 95-101

  Spilmont, Nicolas ^a   Migné, Aline ^b   Seuront, Laurent ^a,c   Davoult, Dominique ^d  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

Author keywords

Intertidal environment; Microphytobenthos; Primary production; Temporal variability; Vertical migration

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; EMERSION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PICARDIE; SOMME; SOMME BAY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247157774     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps333095     Document Type: Article

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