Benthic diatom community composition in three regions of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Coral Reefs

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 345-357

  Gottschalk, S ^a   Uthicke, S ^b   Heimann, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c University of California   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Calcareous sediments; Coral reefs; Microphytobenthos; Nutrients; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CALCAREOUS SOIL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; DIATOM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOBENTHOS; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34249874323     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0204-3     Document Type: Article

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