Seasonal variations of community production, respiration and biomass of different primary producers in an intertidal Zostera noltii bed (Western English Channel, France)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-11

  Ouisse, Vincent ^a,b   Migné, Aline ^a,b   Davoult, Dominique ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon flux; Epiphytes; Primary production; Respiration; Seagrass; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; ASYNCHRONOUS DYNAMICS; CARBON FLUXES; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONSTANT RATE; DAILY TEMPERATURES; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; IN-SITU; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASSES; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

CHLOROPHYLL; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOMASS;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL A; DETRITUS; EPIPHYTE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BAY OF MORLAIX; BRETAGNE; ENGLISH CHANNEL; FINISTERE; FRANCE;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 77952424566     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0254-3     Document Type: Article

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