Tidal dynamics of dissolved and particulate matter and bacteria in a tidal flat ecosystem in spring and fall

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2212-2222

  Grossart, Hans Peter ^a,c   Brinkhoff, Thorsten ^a   Martens, Torben ^a   Duerselen, Claus ^a   Liebezeit, Gerd ^b   Simon, Meinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Forschungszentrum Terramare   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLAT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EAST FRISIAN ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; SPIEKEROOG; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 9244263607     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.6.2212     Document Type: Article

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