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Are floating algal mats a refuge from hypoxia for estuarine invertebrates?

Eutrophic aquatic habitats are characterized by the proliferation of vegetation leading to a large standing biomass that upon decomposition may create hypoxic (low-oxygen) conditions. This is indeed the case in nutrient impacted estuaries of Prince Edward Island, Canada, where macroalgae, from the g...

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Autores principales: Coffin, Michael R.S., Knysh, Kyle M., Theriault, Emma F., Pater, Christina C., Courtenay, Simon C., van den Heuvel, Michael R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5366062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28348927
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3080