Molecular oxygen (O 2) is a potent inhibitor of key microbial processes, including
photosynthesis, N 2 fixation, denitrification, sulfate reduction, methanogenesis, iron, and …

Benthic diatom communities have been documented many times to exhibit a predictable
pattern of migration entrained to diurnal and tidal cycles forming transient biofilms in the …

PHYTOPLANKTON AND MICROPHYTOBENTHOS 95 between the sediments and the water
phase, and in effecting bacterial processes. In low-nutrient systems, release of nutrients to …

Benthic microalgae include pennate and centric diatoms, cyanobacteria, chlorophytes, and
other microscopic algae living at the sediment/water interface in neritic ecosystems …

The microstructure, rate of primary production and erodibility of noncohesive and cohesive
marine sediments colonized by autotrophic microbial assemblages were investigated …

Epipelic diatoms represented the dominant microphy tobenthos on the intertidal mudflats of
the Severn Estuary, south-western Britain. Algal biomass (measured as chlorophyll a …

Epipelic diatoms are motile, the locomotive force being generated by the extrusion of
carbohydrate‐rich exopolymers (EPS). Production rates of EPS, colloidal (water‐soluble) …

ABSTRACT A pulse amplitude modulated fluorometer (PAM) was used to investigate
photosynthetic activity of m~ crophytobenthos on an Intertidal mudflat Spectral~ rradiance …

In vivo chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence was measured in undisturbed intertidal sediments
with the purpose of tracing the vertical migratory rhythms of benthic microalgae. A pulse …

Salt marshes are found between the high tide and the near‐shore sublittoral zones along
the coasts and up estuaries of continents, primarily in the temperate zone. They flourish in …