Contribution of biofilm to ecosystem functioning in rock pools with different macroalgal assemblages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 482, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-79

  Golléty, Claire ^a,b   Crowe, Tasman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Macroalgae; Metabolism; Microbial film; Oxygen fluxes; Photosynthetic efficiency; Rock pool

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MACROALGA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; ROCK POOL; ROCKY SHORE;

FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; MASTOCARPUS STELLATUS;

EID: 84878369425     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10238     Document Type: Article

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