Changes in photosynthetic yield (Fv/Fm) responses of salt-marsh microalgal communities along an osmotic gradient (Mont-Saint-Michel Bay, France)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 326-333

  Le Rouzic, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Microbenthos; PAM; Phytobenthos; Salinity; Tidal creek

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; INHIBITION; MICROALGA; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOBENTHOS; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEAWATER; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

BASSE NORMANDIE; FRANCE; MANCHE; MONT SAINT MICHEL BAY;

EID: 84870311990     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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