Annual budget of benthic production in Mont Saint-Michel Bay considering cloudiness, microphytobenthos migration, and variability of respiration rates with tidal conditions

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2280-2285

  Migne A ^a,b   Spilmont, N ^a,c,e   Boucher, G ^d,f   Denis, L ^a,c,e   Hubas, C ^a,b,f   Janquin, M A ^a,c,e   Rauch, M ^a,c,e   Davoult, D ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic environment; Carbon budget; English Channel; France; Mont Saint Michel Bay; Primary production; Respiration; Temporal variations; Tidal flats

Indexed keywords

BAY; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUD COVER; MARINE SEDIMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT; TURBIDITY;

BASSE NORMANDIE; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MANCHE; MONT SAINT MICHEL BAY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350573484     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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