Growth responses of 25 benthic marine wadden Sea diatoms isolated from the Solthörn tidal flat (southern North Sea) in relation to varying culture conditions

Diatom Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Scholz, Bettina ^a   Liebezeit, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive potential; Benthic marine diatoms; Growth rates; Intertidal environment; Nitrogen sources; Salinities; Substrata; Temperatures

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUDFLAT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSTRATE; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NAVICULA; NAVICULA DIGITO-RADIATA; NAVICULA PHYLLEPTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 84863430846     PISSN: 0269249X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.2012.660875     Document Type: Article

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