Taxonomic composition and diversity of microphytobenthos in Southern California marine wetland habitats

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-175

  Janousek, Christopher N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; Bacteriochlorophyll a; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Green algae; Kendall Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve; Mudflat; Periphyton; Spartina foliosa; Tijuana Estuary; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL WETLAND; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; MARSH; MUDFLAT; PERIPHYTON; PHYTOBENTHOS; PIGMENT; POREWATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; MISSION BAY; TIJUANA ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 77749328160     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-06.1     Document Type: Article

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