Investigations on the seasonal succession of Wadden Sea inhabiting diatoms at Dangast (North Sea, German Bight) over a one year period

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Witkowski, A ^a   Pilzen, M ^b   Kort, R ^b   Rhiel, E ^b   Wawrzyniak Wydrowska, B ^a   Lange Bertalot, H ^a,c   Bak, M ^a   Daniszewska, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diatom assemblages; Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae); Seasonal succession; Sediments; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 5444271956     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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