In aquatic habitats, micro‐organisms successfully adhere to and mediate particles, thus
changing the erosive response of fine sediments to hydrodynamic forcing by secreting glue …

Technical advancements have widened the limits of remote sensing in mapping shallow
water benthic habitats and bathymetry over the last decades. On the other hand, the needs …

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

Remote sensing is a valuable tool for rapid identification of benthic features in coastal
environments. Past applications have been limited, however, by multispectral models that …

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 …

Tagus intertidal microphytobenthos (MPB) assemblages were characterized over a wide
range of sediment type and tidal height and the possible effects of these variables on MPB …

Dissolved nitrogen fluxes and denitrification were studied during 1 yr in intertidal sediments
of the Tagus estuary (Portugal). This study focused on the factors regulating both nitrogen …

The high degree of physical factors in intertidal estuarine ecosystem increases material
processing between benthic and pelagic compartments. In these ecosystems …

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 …

Microphytobenthos plays an important role as primary producer in shallow embayments
subject to a tidal regime. The present paper aims to characterize the spatial patterns of …