Microphytobenthic dynamics in a wadden sea intertidal flat - Part I: Seasonal and spatial variation of diatom communities in relation to macronutrient supply

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-119

  Scholz, Bettina ^a   Liebezeit, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillariophyceae; Diatoms; Ecology; Epipelon; Epipsammon; Macronutrients; Microphytobenthos; Overlying water; Tidal flat; Wadden sea

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIATOM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOBENTHOS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ACHNANTHES; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COCCONEIS; GYROSIGMA; NAVICULA PHYLLEPTA; PLAGIOGRAMMA; PLEUROSIGMA ANGULATUM; THALASSIONEMA;

EID: 84868148898     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2012.663793     Document Type: Article

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