A portable hand-operated sampler for shallow-water surface sediments with special reference to epipelic communities

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Yang, Hong ^a   Flower, Roger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epipelon; Shallow water sampler; Surface sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; PHOTIC ZONE; SAMPLER; SHALLOW WATER; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 70549089839     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9278-3     Document Type: Article

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