Spatial and temporal interaction between sediment and microphytobenthos in a temperate estuarine macro-intertidal bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 458, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-68

  Orvain, F ^a,b   Lefebvre, S ^a,c   Montepini, J ^a   Sebire M ^a   Gangnery, A ^d   Sylvand, B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques Ifremer   (France)

^e Station Marine de Luc sur Mer   (France)

Author keywords

Baie des Veys; Benthic diatoms; Benthos; Coastal ecosystems; Geostatistics; Intertidal flats; Kriging; Normandie; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DEPOSITION; DIATOM; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAIN SIZE; KRIGING; MUD; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOBENTHOS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BAY OF SEINE; BAY OF VEYS; FRANCE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84863584371     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09698     Document Type: Article

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