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

The sources of organic matter (OM) in surface sediments from Wilson Inlet, an enclosed and
seasonally barred inlet in Western Australia, have been determined using a combination of …

Biomass, species composition and primary production of the microphytobenthos (MPB) were
investigated along environmental gradients in the Colne Estuary between August 1996 and …

Microphytobenthos plays a vital role in estuarine and coastal carbon cycling and food webs.
Yet, the role of exogenous factors, and thus the effects of climate change, in regulating …

In this study we compare benthic photosynthesis during inundation in coarse sand, fine
sand, and mixed sediment (sand/mud) intertidal flats in the German Wadden Sea. In situ …

Estuarine ecosystems are characterized by high zooplanktonic biomasses, essentially
constituted by copepods and mysids whose nutritional requirements are mainly provided by …

Quantifying spatial variability in intertidal benthic productivity is necessary to guide
management of estuaries and to understand estuarine ecological processes, including the …

Salinity in estuaries affects numerous ecological processes, and is strongly driven by river
outflow interacting with the tide. We used an exponential decay function to model the …

Information on the distribution of microphytobenthos (micro-algae forming biofilms on
sediment surfaces) and phytoplankton in the Severn estuary is reviewed. Microphytobenthos …

The ecological role of intertidal microphytobenthos (MPB) is increasingly recognized in
coastal production systems. MPB primary production (PP) measured in coastal wetlands of …