Succession of microphytobenthos in a restored coastal wetland

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-276

  Janousek, Christopher N ^a,d   Currin, Carolyn A ^b   Levin, Lisa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WETLAND; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; FOOD WEB; GRASS; MUDFLAT; PHYTOBENTHOS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34250835563     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02700169     Document Type: Article

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