Diatoms inhabiting a wind flat of the Baltic Sea: Species diversity and seasonal succession

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-307

  Woelfel, Jana ^a   Schumann, Rhena ^a   Adler, Sven ^a   Hübener, Thomas ^a   Karsten, Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacillariophyceae; Baltic Sea; benthic marine microbial mats; cyanobacteria; diatoms; laminated mats; microphytobenthos; wind flats

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; MICROBIAL MAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA AESTUARII; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES;

EID: 34748910085     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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