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| Blanchard, Gerard; Simon Bouhet, B; Guarini, J. |
| The short-term variability of intertidal microphytobenthic biomass was characterized by analysing a 30-day time series encompassing two spring-neap tide cycles. Chlorophyll-a concentration was measured every day at the beginning and at the end of every diurnal exposure periods. Microalgal biomass exhibited predictible net increases during diurnal exposures due to a positive production-loss balance. In addition, our data series shows that after an environmental disturbance, even though biomass decreased strongly, it converged quickly back to its initial steady-state oscillation pattern. This study supports some fundamental properties of the dynamics of microphytobenthic biomass, as previously predicted in our mathematical model of primary production. |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Diurnal variation; Chlorophyll concentration; Microphytobenthic biomass. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2002/publication-599.pdf |
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