How does the resuspension of the biofilm alter the functioning of the benthos-pelagos coupled food web of a bare mudflat in Marennes-Oléron Bay (NE Atlantic)?

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 144-157

  Saint Béat, Blanche ^a   Dupuy, Christine ^a   Agogué, Hélène ^a   Carpentier, Alexandre ^b   Chalumeau, Julien ^a   Como, Serena ^a   David, Valérie ^c   De Crignis, Margot ^a   Duchêne, Jean Claude ^c   Fontaine, Camille ^a   Feunteun, Eric ^b   Guizien, Katell ^d   Hartmann, Hans ^a   Lavaud, Johann ^a   Lefebvre, Sébastien ^e   Lefrançois, Christel ^a   Mallet, Clarisse ^f   Montanié, Hélène ^a   Mouget, Jean Luc ^g   Orvain, Francis ^h   Ory, Pascaline ^a   Pascal, Pierre Yves ⁱ   Radenac, Gilles ^a   Richard, Pierre ^a   Vézina, Alain F ^j   Niquil, Nathalie ^a,h   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^e Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^j BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Biofilm resuspension; Intertidal mudflat; Meta ecosystem; Stability

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; BIOFILM; FOOD WEB; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MUDFLAT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESUSPENSION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); FRANCE; MARENNES-OLERON BAY; POITOU-CHARENTES;

EID: 84907140942     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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