Contribution of phytoplankton and benthic microalgae to inner shelf sediments of the north-central Gulf of Mexico

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 456-466

  Grippo, M A ^a   Fleeger, J W ^a   Rabalais, N N ^b   Condrey, R ^a   Carman, K R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

BMA; Gulf of Mexico; Microphytobenthos; Phytodetritus; Sediment organic matter

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIATOM; FOOD WEB; MICROALGA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHELF SEDIMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77349083443     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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