Biogeochemical effects of macroalgal decomposition on intertidal microbenthos: A microcosm experiment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 356, Issue , 2008, Pages 139-151

  Garcia Robledo E ^a   Corzo, A ^a   Garcia De Lomas J ^a   Van Bergeijk, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macroalgal blooms; Macroalgal decomposition; Macroalgal detritus; Microbenthos; Microelectrodes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOMINANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; MICROCOSM; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TAXONOMY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ULVA;

EID: 42249085388     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07287     Document Type: Article

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