Contribution of benthic microalgae to the whole water algal biomass and primary production in Suo Nada, the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-323

  Sarker, Md Jahangir ^a,b   Yamamoto, Tamiji ^a   Hashimoto, Toshiya ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Benthic microalgae; Biomass; Planktonic algae; Primary production; Suo Nada

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; MICROALGA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 65149099996     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0029-5     Document Type: Article

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